Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4251 24 Feb 2026, 21:16

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 14:1.583 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
1:43.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:18.407
And I update APT using apt 5.971
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.361
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.373
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:39.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 47.478
And I update APT using apt 4.615
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.414
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.061
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.027
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.154
And I enable persistence 14.572
And I log in to a new session 9.982
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.681
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.634
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.165
And I update APT using apt 4.436
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.192
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.726
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.247
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.359
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.426
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.558
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.393
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.884
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.492
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.163
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.700
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.201
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.692
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.458
And I enable persistence 5.755
# 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
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.812
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.478
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.445
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.504
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.473
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.021
And I enable persistence 6.651
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.562
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 15.954
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.919
And I enable persistence 5.743
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.946
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.589
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.907
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026