Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4139 27 Dec 2025, 11:30

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 14:27.227 Passed
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
1:39.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.058
And I update APT using apt 6.074
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.265
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.313
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
2:37.489
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.169
And I update APT using apt 4.973
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.794
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.974
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.073
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.823
And I enable persistence 13.990
And I log in to a new session 8.722
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.297
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.664
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.606
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
1:50.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:38.178
And I update APT using apt 4.023
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.229
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
2:52.747
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.661
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.145
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.775
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.494
When I start Synaptic 12.425
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.329
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.536
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.541
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.555
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.194
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.885
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.756
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.456
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
4:25.557
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.617
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.152
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.684
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.842
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.168
And I enable persistence 5.212
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.746
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.662
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.612
And available upgrades have been checked 2.127
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.466
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.041
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.387
And I enable persistence 5.440
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 9.662
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.347
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.775
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.113
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
1:1.171
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.416
And I enable persistence 6.266
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 9.121
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.815
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.054
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005