Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4151 05 Jan 2026, 19:15

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 19:50.495 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
2:20.027
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:48.956
And I update APT using apt 8.252
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.103
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.946
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 1:18.459
And I update APT using apt 5.699
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.277
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.306
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.605
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.866
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.018
And I enable persistence 25.088
And I log in to a new session 17.533
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.446
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.233
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.839
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.120
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:25.661
And I update APT using apt 5.567
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.323
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.312
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.467
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 a computer 0.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.867
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.273
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.777
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.655
When I start Synaptic 14.840
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.989
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.289
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.836
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.838
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.902
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.941
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.407
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.470
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.202
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.291
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.744
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:18.758
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 a computer 0.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:30.813
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.119
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.047
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.547
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.794
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.963
And I enable persistence 9.394
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 12.759
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 0.052
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 15.691
And available upgrades have been checked 1.174
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.164
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.913
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:6.826
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.047
And I enable persistence 7.967
# 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 12.751
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.446
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.932
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.285
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.174
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 0.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.251
And I enable persistence 7.862
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.088
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.780
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.935
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.213
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011