Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4257 27 Feb 2026, 09:06

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 17:43.040 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
2:30.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:59.408
And I update APT using apt 7.188
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.874
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 59.924
And I update APT using apt 5.865
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.942
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.967
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.310
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.092
And I enable persistence 22.571
And I log in to a new session 12.659
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.751
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.013
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.749
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:39.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.759
And I update APT using apt 5.507
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.395
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.236
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.647
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.471
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.609
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.649
When I start Synaptic 13.814
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.876
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.308
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.685
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.871
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.250
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.645
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.287
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.935
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.579
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:27.738
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 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.543
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.192
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.875
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.234
And I enable persistence 9.060
# 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 0.033
# 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 11.854
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.723
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 13.601
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.330
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.891
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.389
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.619
And I enable persistence 8.081
# 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 0.019
And I log in to a new session 12.260
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.620
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 19.413
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.553
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.387
And I enable persistence 8.177
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 12.745
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.149
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.289
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010