Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4077 17 Nov 2025, 13:11

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 20:46.949 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
2:33.531
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:59.277
And I update APT using apt 8.486
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.947
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 15.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:51.594
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.998
And I update APT using apt 6.629
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.016
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.908
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.222
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.447
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.271
And I enable persistence 22.577
And I log in to a new session 13.648
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.245
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.017
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.026
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:2.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.692
And I update APT using apt 5.366
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.381
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.292
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.520
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 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.301
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.692
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.637
When I start Synaptic 13.765
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.868
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.632
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.674
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.844
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.567
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.832
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.757
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.969
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.982
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.583
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:56.840
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.393
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.574
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.488
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.780
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.857
And I enable persistence 8.159
# 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 0.027
# 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 13.158
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.446
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
# 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 0.114
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 14.000
And available upgrades have been checked 0.059
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.229
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.756
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.242
And I enable persistence 9.511
# 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 13.640
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.553
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 23.803
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.186
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.035
Given a computer 0.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.772
And I enable persistence 7.624
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 12.780
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.426
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.079
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011