Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21603-fragnesia 4 16 May 2026, 17:29

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 14:0.016 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
1:42.291
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.184
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.783
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.979
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.893
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.420
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.222
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.052
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.351
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.685
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.001
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.547
And I enable persistence 13.324
And I log in to a new session 9.833
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.130
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.599
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.695
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.977
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.826
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.262
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.896
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.575
When I start Synaptic 12.409
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.112
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.275
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.218
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.956
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.825
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.412
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.330
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.477
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.603
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.875
And I enable persistence 6.462
# 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 0.005
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 9.376
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.258
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.646
And available upgrades have been checked 3.234
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.424
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.134
And I enable persistence 5.911
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 10.097
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.165
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.236
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.125
And I enable persistence 6.470
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.510
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.595
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.894
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006