Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4146 02 Jan 2026, 07:51

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 14:55.848 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
1:44.794
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 1:18.033
And I update APT using apt 5.530
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.364
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.796
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:17.037
And I update APT using apt 4.922
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.545
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.729
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.987
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.946
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.753
And I enable persistence 13.871
And I log in to a new session 9.168
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.281
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.615
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.549
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.773
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.319
And I update APT using apt 4.971
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.238
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.138
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.380
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.917
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.717
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.164
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.120
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.307
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.529
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.560
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.492
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.886
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.199
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.869
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.227
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.720
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.853
And I enable persistence 5.204
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.890
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.316
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 41.253
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.503
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.975
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.485
And I enable persistence 5.412
# 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 9.950
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.792
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.902
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.032
And I enable persistence 6.148
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.854
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.421
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.968
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006