Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4253 25 Feb 2026, 11:38

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 15:28.075 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
1:51.251
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 1:22.943
And I update APT using apt 5.606
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.472
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.382
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
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 1:21.981
And I update APT using apt 7.810
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 9.920
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.806
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.198
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.636
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.419
And I enable persistence 16.810
And I log in to a new session 10.145
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.748
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.673
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.041
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.027
And I update APT using apt 4.419
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 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.033
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.521
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.765
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
When I start Synaptic 12.841
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.633
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.122
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.262
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.335
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.903
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.514
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.991
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.429
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.732
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.144
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.914
And I enable persistence 6.609
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.549
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.969
And available upgrades have been checked 1.144
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.053
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.620
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.307
And I enable persistence 7.183
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.207
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.271
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 17.354
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.108
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.840
And I enable persistence 6.631
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.200
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.894
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.271
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011