Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4150 05 Jan 2026, 11:23

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 14:5.140 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
1:42.069
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.134
And I update APT using apt 5.398
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.428
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:37.224
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 47.161
And I update APT using apt 4.669
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.298
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.026
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.041
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.702
And I enable persistence 13.591
And I log in to a new session 9.320
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.295
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.638
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.560
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.702
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 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.538
And I update APT using apt 4.622
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.224
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.135
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.857
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.367
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.146
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
When I start Synaptic 12.346
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.271
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.116
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.245
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.146
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.789
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.950
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.480
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 8.369
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.597
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.853
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.488
And I enable persistence 5.554
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.538
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.307
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.465
And available upgrades have been checked 1.077
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.526
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.530
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.871
And I enable persistence 5.365
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 9.931
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.282
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 21.990
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.334
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.613
And I enable persistence 5.307
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.152
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.502
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.122
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006