Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4109 09 Dec 2025, 13:05

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 18:28.302 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
2:55.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:17.208
And I update APT using apt 8.368
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.328
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.573
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 18.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:30.507
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:2.214
And I update APT using apt 7.479
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.339
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.879
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.434
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.198
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.529
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.647
And I enable persistence 24.547
And I log in to a new session 13.632
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.297
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.090
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.700
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.290
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 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:24.558
And I update APT using apt 6.748
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.340
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.369
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.225
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 a computer 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.157
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.236
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.557
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
When I start Synaptic 14.700
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.168
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.399
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.656
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.719
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.571
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.065
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.972
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.907
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.631
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:43.702
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 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.624
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.383
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.773
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.806
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.891
And I enable persistence 8.946
# 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 0.035
# 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 13.461
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.390
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 17.544
And available upgrades have been checked 0.063
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.006
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.743
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.572
And I enable persistence 7.778
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 16.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.366
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 23.498
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.135
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.208
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 0.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.679
And I enable persistence 7.552
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.073
# 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 0.152
And I log in to a new session 12.421
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.022
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053