Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4165 14 Jan 2026, 11:49

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 14:5.570 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
1:40.687
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:16.668
And I update APT using apt 5.153
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.413
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:39.252
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 45.813
And I update APT using apt 4.680
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.187
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.072
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.423
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.677
And I enable persistence 13.774
And I log in to a new session 10.409
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.288
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.624
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 0.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.625
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.030
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.453
And I update APT using apt 4.557
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.292
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.234
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.154
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.658
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.474
When I start Synaptic 12.023
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.556
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.492
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.567
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.547
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.640
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.855
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.492
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.812
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.513
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.452
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.735
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.816
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.623
And I enable persistence 6.450
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.553
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.394
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.619
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.155
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.822
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.801
And I enable persistence 5.372
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 9.482
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.276
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.015
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.958
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.727
And I enable persistence 5.494
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.125
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.086
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.028
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028