Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4147 02 Jan 2026, 14:11

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 20:27.783 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
2:27.933
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:50.273
And I update APT using apt 9.421
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.326
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.674
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 18.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 52.276
And I update APT using apt 6.017
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.391
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.216
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 29.728
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.655
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.356
And I enable persistence 24.700
And I log in to a new session 14.758
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.451
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.228
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.787
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:40.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:24.336
And I update APT using apt 5.301
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.396
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.293
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.319
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.403
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.718
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
When I start Synaptic 15.114
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.090
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.132
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.737
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.761
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.315
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 4.991
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.868
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.349
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.267
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.326
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.128
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:56.843
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 0.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:3.161
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.172
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.812
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.147
And I enable persistence 9.380
# 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
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 12.875
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.065
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.075
And Tor is ready 16.845
And available upgrades have been checked 0.081
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.010
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.883
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:8.261
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.053
And I enable persistence 9.302
# 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 13.216
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.324
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 24.446
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:19.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.550
And I enable persistence 8.146
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
# 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 0.083
And I log in to a new session 13.818
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.483
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.531
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009