Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4157 08 Jan 2026, 07:54

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 14:32.794 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
1:45.113
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 1:19.492
And I update APT using apt 5.642
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.323
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.056
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.339
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.291
And I update APT using apt 4.995
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.403
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.406
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.538
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.371
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.969
And I enable persistence 15.487
And I log in to a new session 10.288
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.307
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.969
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.829
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.094
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.588
And I update APT using apt 4.992
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.268
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.124
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.799
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 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.805
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.234
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.409
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.542
When I start Synaptic 12.631
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.185
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.662
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.659
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.948
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.398
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.610
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.384
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.926
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.067
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.996
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.020
And I enable persistence 6.344
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.178
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.337
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 11.519
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.527
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.696
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.179
And I enable persistence 5.726
# 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 9.898
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.343
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 23.573
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.809
And I enable persistence 7.312
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.081
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.844
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.488
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.720
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005