Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4252 24 Feb 2026, 23:36

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 19:15.673 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
2:25.937
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:55.477
And I update APT using apt 5.800
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.979
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 18.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.319
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.882
And I update APT using apt 5.593
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.341
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.979
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 29.940
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.260
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.660
And I enable persistence 32.846
And I log in to a new session 18.479
And the Additional Software installation service has started 11.400
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.288
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.908
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:30.614
And I update APT using apt 5.505
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 9.478
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.230
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.669
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:4.507
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.724
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.923
When I start Synaptic 15.561
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.554
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.832
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.859
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.848
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 6.446
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.146
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.745
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 6.305
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.771
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.334
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.836
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:58.252
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.615
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.442
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.650
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.879
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.764
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.949
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.625
And I enable persistence 9.890
# 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 0.024
# 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 13.533
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.685
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.095
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 15.657
And available upgrades have been checked 0.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.153
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.243
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.886
And I enable persistence 10.415
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 17.407
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.988
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 21.343
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.076
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:25.422
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.283
And I enable persistence 7.958
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 15.165
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.444
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.670
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011