Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4155 07 Jan 2026, 08:19

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 14:42.235 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
1:47.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.553
And I update APT using apt 6.199
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.360
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.930
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.836
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.798
And I update APT using apt 5.264
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.493
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.874
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.055
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.290
And I enable persistence 17.609
And I log in to a new session 10.223
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.337
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.624
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.671
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.688
And I update APT using apt 4.571
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.248
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.915
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.949
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.524
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.513
When I start Synaptic 12.216
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.531
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.722
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.652
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.174
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.482
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.811
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.151
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.899
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.206
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.797
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.586
And I enable persistence 6.197
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.766
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.414
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.884
And available upgrades have been checked 3.282
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.551
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.561
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.998
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.272
And I enable persistence 6.697
# 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 9.577
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.817
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.111
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.837
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.135
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.299
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 36.377
And I enable persistence 6.349
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 11.089
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.841
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.130
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006