Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4184 22 Jan 2026, 18:01

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 18:24.412 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
2:30.933
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.672
And I update APT using apt 7.276
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.007
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:52.383
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:27.136
And I update APT using apt 5.951
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.428
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.845
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.661
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.335
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.963
And I enable persistence 23.153
And I log in to a new session 12.838
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.259
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.867
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.804
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:40.222
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 an administration password 1:24.101
And I update APT using apt 5.353
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.228
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:33.712
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 a computer 0.978
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.181
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.668
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.628
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I start Synaptic 14.002
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.979
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.285
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.646
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.954
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.257
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.590
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.206
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.312
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.207
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.611
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:29.876
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 a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.659
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.463
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.203
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.894
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.360
And I enable persistence 7.644
# 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 0.023
# 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 12.752
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.349
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.196
And Tor is ready 13.389
And available upgrades have been checked 1.135
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.271
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.866
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.639
And I enable persistence 7.930
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 14.354
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.710
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 23.454
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.283
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.557
And I enable persistence 8.023
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 12.491
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.307
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.083
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009