Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4153 06 Jan 2026, 08:55

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 15:53.754 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
1:56.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:26.192
And I update APT using apt 6.947
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.295
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.892
And I update APT using apt 7.074
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.409
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.014
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.220
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.121
And I enable persistence 19.282
And I log in to a new session 11.985
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.377
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.744
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.748
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.611
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.321
And I update APT using apt 7.651
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.271
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.207
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.397
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.891
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.700
When I start Synaptic 12.953
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.812
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.361
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.758
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.717
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.762
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.147
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.571
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.405
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.986
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.794
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.206
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.665
And I enable persistence 6.780
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.167
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.355
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.409
And available upgrades have been checked 2.175
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.035
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.975
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.551
And I enable persistence 8.205
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.222
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.330
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 23.605
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.166
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.990
And I enable persistence 7.132
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 10.618
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.534
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.137
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012