Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4149 04 Jan 2026, 11:29

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 14:4.402 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
1:41.466
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 1:17.762
And I update APT using apt 5.878
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.400
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.738
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 45.628
And I update APT using apt 4.552
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.232
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.803
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.665
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.107
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.228
And I enable persistence 13.786
And I log in to a new session 8.968
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.300
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.577
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.615
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.850
And I update APT using apt 4.275
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 2.151
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.753
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.506
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.153
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.433
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.519
When I start Synaptic 12.074
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.031
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.526
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.237
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.888
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.412
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.224
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.221
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.716
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.846
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.790
And I enable persistence 5.355
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.428
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.078
# 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 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.614
And available upgrades have been checked 0.031
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.094
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.245
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.834
And I enable persistence 5.506
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.323
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 21.726
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.125
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.604
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 34.518
And I enable persistence 6.390
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
# 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 10.247
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.917
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.999
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006