Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4156 07 Jan 2026, 11:31

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 15:15.176 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
1:51.842
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 1:23.101
And I update APT using apt 7.431
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.411
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.144
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.247
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.323
And I update APT using apt 5.928
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.867
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.570
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.165
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.855
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.002
And I enable persistence 16.265
And I log in to a new session 11.937
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.316
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.738
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.689
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.462
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 a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.356
And I update APT using apt 4.484
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.259
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.388
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 a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.689
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.235
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.797
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.786
When I start Synaptic 12.367
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.758
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.889
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.547
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.256
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.709
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.257
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.566
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.955
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.458
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.761
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 a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.895
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.952
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.047
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.649
And I enable persistence 8.063
# 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
# 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 10.678
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.543
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.073
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.835
And available upgrades have been checked 1.292
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.276
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.286
And I enable persistence 5.860
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.616
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.384
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 23.893
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.188
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.473
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 a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.561
And I enable persistence 7.157
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 11.534
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.449
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.099
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006