Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4161 10 Jan 2026, 11:43

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 15:16.241 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
1:47.494
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.121
And I update APT using apt 6.800
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.182
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.355
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.825
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.566
And I update APT using apt 5.153
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.245
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.912
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.915
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.186
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.446
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.363
And I enable persistence 15.845
And I log in to a new session 11.001
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.321
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.914
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.358
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 an administration password 1:12.142
And I update APT using apt 4.672
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.256
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.003
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.011
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.454
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
When I start Synaptic 12.392
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.616
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.780
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.539
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.276
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.387
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.746
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.470
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.585
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.886
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.660
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.638
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.197
And I enable persistence 7.038
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.964
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.412
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.793
And available upgrades have been checked 1.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.679
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.956
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.536
And I enable persistence 6.460
# 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 11.437
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.275
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.346
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.143
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.973
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.668
And I enable persistence 6.619
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 10.425
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.377
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.291
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027