Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4159 08 Jan 2026, 22:21

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 18:33.005 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
2:35.945
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.537
And I update APT using apt 8.334
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.448
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:4.862
And I update APT using apt 6.597
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.335
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.231
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.625
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.472
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.668
And I enable persistence 25.709
And I log in to a new session 14.370
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.257
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.134
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.760
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.179
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:25.166
And I update APT using apt 6.060
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.370
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.329
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:32.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.494
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.198
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.755
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
When I start Synaptic 14.706
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.944
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.129
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.783
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.764
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.739
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 11.594
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.131
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.065
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.107
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:38.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.580
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.945
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.916
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.506
And I enable persistence 7.571
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 13.715
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.485
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.087
# 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 0.084
And the network is plugged 0.124
And Tor is ready 15.591
And available upgrades have been checked 0.058
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.001
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.762
And I enable persistence 8.082
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.809
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.387
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 24.230
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.228
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:22.384
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.214
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.979
And I enable persistence 8.731
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 12.702
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.514
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.467
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009