Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4246 23 Feb 2026, 12:10

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 16:1.984 Passed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
Feature Additional software
As a Tails user I may want to install software not shipped in Tails And have them installed automatically when I enable persistence in the Greeter
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:52.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.566
And I update APT using apt 7.674
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.755
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.822
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.542
And I update APT using apt 6.101
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.360
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.550
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.966
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.157
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.637
And I enable persistence 16.813
And I log in to a new session 10.816
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.707
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.784
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.507
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.834
And I update APT using apt 4.879
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.300
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.200
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.472
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.393
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.652
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.843
When I start Synaptic 12.457
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.615
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.104
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.806
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.322
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.253
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.973
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.397
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.797
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.502
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.129
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.773
And I enable persistence 7.028
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.065
And I log in to a new session 10.610
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.313
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# We remove the newest package after it has been downloaded and before
# it is installed, so that the upgrade process fails
And I prepare the Additional Software upgrade process to fail 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 42.424
And available upgrades have been checked 0.074
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.514
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.666
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.336
And I enable persistence 6.542
# We need to add back this custom APT source for the Additional Software
# install step, as it was not saved in persistence
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.722
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.213
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.037
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.517
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.259
And I enable persistence 7.526
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# Prevent the "Warning: virtual machine detected!" notification from racing
# with the one we'll be interacting with below.
And I disable the tails-virt-notify-user.service user unit 0.075
And I log in to a new session 11.052
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.820
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.578
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019