Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4247 23 Feb 2026, 16:44

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 17:31.354 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
2:30.221
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.670
And I update APT using apt 7.877
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.441
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.691
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.623
And I update APT using apt 6.300
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.899
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.087
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.543
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.933
And I enable persistence 23.134
And I log in to a new session 12.374
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.576
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.224
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.807
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:38.094
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 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.208
And I update APT using apt 5.842
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.308
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.490
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.921
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.619
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I start Synaptic 13.993
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.003
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.728
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.582
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.662
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.647
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.608
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.072
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.516
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:26.110
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.491
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.203
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.475
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.792
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.862
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.073
And I enable persistence 8.287
# 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 0.037
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.986
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.286
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.177
And Tor is ready 12.938
And available upgrades have been checked 0.056
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.691
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.325
And I enable persistence 7.784
# 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 0.027
And I log in to a new session 12.886
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.619
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 18.492
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.099
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.391
And I enable persistence 8.841
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 13.088
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.803
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.729
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008