Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4259 28 Feb 2026, 11:57

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 15:10.431 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
1:50.878
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.459
And I update APT using apt 8.183
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.651
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.676
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.855
And I update APT using apt 8.423
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.684
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.871
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.131
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.373
And I enable persistence 16.347
And I log in to a new session 10.662
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.697
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.978
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.808
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 a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.764
And I update APT using apt 4.567
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.125
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.137
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 a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.164
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.228
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.440
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
When I start Synaptic 12.906
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.594
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.134
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.673
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.408
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.281
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.213
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.935
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.434
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.110
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 a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.693
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.965
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.062
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.098
And I enable persistence 5.660
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.270
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.206
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.642
And available upgrades have been checked 2.176
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.499
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.637
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.156
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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 10.669
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.286
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.252
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.820
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.587
And I enable persistence 6.751
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.133
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.667
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.065
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029