Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4256 26 Feb 2026, 17:12

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 15:33.821 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
2:19.251
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 1:53.012
And I update APT using apt 5.765
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.601
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.282
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.487
And I update APT using apt 5.678
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.380
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.644
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.000
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.268
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.994
And I enable persistence 17.777
And I log in to a new session 11.921
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.137
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.677
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.002
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 an administration password 1:13.730
And I update APT using apt 4.720
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.619
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 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.019
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.193
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.510
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
When I start Synaptic 12.663
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.487
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.246
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.780
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.287
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.574
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.037
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.304
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.366
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.259
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.029
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.047
And I enable persistence 6.929
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 11.756
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.302
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.079
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.388
And available upgrades have been checked 2.141
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.493
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.806
And I enable persistence 6.788
# 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 12.564
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.231
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.761
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.480
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.886
And I enable persistence 7.103
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.077
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 11.064
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.677
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.486
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042