Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4258 27 Feb 2026, 11:19

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 13:52.109 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
1:41.685
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 1:17.416
And I update APT using apt 5.158
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.253
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.415
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:37.514
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.582
And I update APT using apt 4.734
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.210
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.822
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.546
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.983
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.751
And I enable persistence 14.308
And I log in to a new session 9.935
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.606
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.606
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.443
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.591
And I update APT using apt 4.360
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.177
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.203
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.558
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.699
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.225
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.403
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.496
When I start Synaptic 11.913
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.387
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.955
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.434
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.224
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.925
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.880
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.413
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.611
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.489
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 8.639
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.791
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.619
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.994
And I enable persistence 5.431
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.565
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.173
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.717
And available upgrades have been checked 1.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.526
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.015
And I enable persistence 5.462
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.276
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.158
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.917
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.085
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.295
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.618
And I enable persistence 5.240
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.366
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.694
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.171
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007