Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4164 14 Jan 2026, 09:14

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 17:13.770 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
2:30.969
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 1:54.029
And I update APT using apt 15.034
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.778
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.252
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.791
And I update APT using apt 6.113
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.018
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.172
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.216
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.631
And I enable persistence 19.146
And I log in to a new session 10.498
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.275
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.856
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.777
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.715
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.733
And I update APT using apt 5.271
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.176
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:37.365
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 a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:10.732
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.694
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
When I start Synaptic 13.348
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.985
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.064
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.635
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.636
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.236
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.798
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.255
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.613
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:9.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.557
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.942
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.475
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.043
And I enable persistence 7.632
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 12.472
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.324
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 12.627
And available upgrades have been checked 0.075
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.083
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.856
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.070
And I enable persistence 7.927
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 10.728
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.901
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 23.141
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.969
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.850
And I enable persistence 7.875
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.066
# 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 11.668
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.985
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.870
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009