Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4152 05 Jan 2026, 20:28

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 15:0.681 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
1:47.979
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.795
And I update APT using apt 6.617
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.363
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.959
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.283
And I update APT using apt 5.394
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.353
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.397
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.964
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.202
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.243
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.453
And I enable persistence 15.027
And I log in to a new session 10.579
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.297
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.645
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.877
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.496
And I update APT using apt 4.854
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.277
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.828
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.033
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
When I start Synaptic 12.493
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.185
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.644
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.264
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.073
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.858
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.603
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.511
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 a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.196
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 8.867
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.986
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.508
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.207
And I enable persistence 6.696
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.663
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.714
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.402
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.857
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.532
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.442
And I enable persistence 6.746
# 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 11.784
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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.720
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.471
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.037
And I enable persistence 7.271
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 11.081
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.032
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.447
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031