Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4160 09 Jan 2026, 11:36

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 15:12.628 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
2:15.297
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 1:49.661
And I update APT using apt 6.209
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.138
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.236
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 48.889
And I update APT using apt 5.552
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.782
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.622
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.145
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.436
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.626
And I enable persistence 16.347
And I log in to a new session 10.708
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.310
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.698
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.653
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.985
And I update APT using apt 4.850
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.257
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.140
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.551
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.481
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.453
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I start Synaptic 12.350
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.530
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.037
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.525
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.544
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.330
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.147
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.742
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.892
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.888
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.509
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.152
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.976
And I enable persistence 5.475
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.400
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.304
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.848
And available upgrades have been checked 2.153
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.989
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.709
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.983
And I enable persistence 5.459
# 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 0.037
And I log in to a new session 11.259
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.350
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.595
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.152
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.246
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.964
And I enable persistence 7.039
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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.517
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.757
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.360
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007