Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4154 06 Jan 2026, 12:47

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 17:24.847 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
2:27.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.886
And I update APT using apt 7.106
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.297
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.726
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:3.539
And I update APT using apt 7.087
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.278
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.339
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.257
And I enable persistence 22.215
And I log in to a new session 13.644
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.266
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.114
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.712
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.132
And I update APT using apt 5.425
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.288
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.292
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.617
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.523
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.893
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.590
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.682
When I start Synaptic 14.836
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.058
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.131
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.609
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.791
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.577
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.839
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.183
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.030
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.035
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.586
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:21.731
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 a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.052
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.568
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.564
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.822
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.432
And I enable persistence 8.104
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.596
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.432
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.068
And Tor is ready 12.892
And available upgrades have been checked 1.101
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.363
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.676
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.002
And I enable persistence 7.796
# 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 0.026
And I log in to a new session 12.743
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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 23.250
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.143
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:14.755
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 a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.521
And I enable persistence 8.839
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 12.498
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.924
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.179
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009