Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4163 13 Jan 2026, 22:32

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 15:13.079 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
1:44.547
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.195
And I update APT using apt 6.188
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.399
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.965
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 46.534
And I update APT using apt 5.656
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.263
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.543
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.613
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.144
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.217
And I enable persistence 15.351
And I log in to a new session 10.559
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.338
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.604
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.792
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:54.213
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:41.446
And I update APT using apt 4.158
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.286
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.202
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.174
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.624
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.236
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.474
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
When I start Synaptic 12.470
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.813
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.823
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.495
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.515
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.567
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.038
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.267
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.491
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.883
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.009
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.904
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.933
And I enable persistence 6.359
# 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
# 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 9.958
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.381
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.948
And available upgrades have been checked 1.111
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.491
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.523
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.863
And I enable persistence 6.594
# 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 11.212
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.314
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 22.249
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.119
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.295
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.583
And I enable persistence 6.695
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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.427
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.424
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.580
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006