Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4145 01 Jan 2026, 11:49

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 17:57.725 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
2:18.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:50.869
And I update APT using apt 7.346
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.198
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.643
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.204
And I update APT using apt 5.231
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.144
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 29.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.597
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.744
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.201
And I enable persistence 22.983
And I log in to a new session 13.562
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.371
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.858
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.730
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:11.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.611
And I update APT using apt 7.572
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.337
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.268
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.854
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 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.680
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.260
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.736
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.660
When I start Synaptic 14.697
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.062
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.091
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.244
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.793
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.258
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 4.923
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.116
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.243
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.272
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.291
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.847
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:33.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.203
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 9.221
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.656
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.856
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.592
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.898
And I enable persistence 9.022
# 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
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 13.102
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 14.599
And available upgrades have been checked 0.066
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.552
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.920
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.653
And I enable persistence 7.830
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.657
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.445
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 25.551
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.179
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.789
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.524
And I enable persistence 7.960
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 12.077
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.133
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.241
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012