Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4168 15 Jan 2026, 12:20

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 21:43.907 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
2:28.661
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.636
And I update APT using apt 8.917
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.410
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.769
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:7.673
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:12.298
And I update APT using apt 5.776
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.454
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.722
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 36.158
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.231
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 58.495
And I enable persistence 24.513
And I log in to a new session 12.323
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.371
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.030
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 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:33.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 15.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:2.941
And I update APT using apt 5.064
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.346
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.255
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:26.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.677
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.404
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.692
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.798
When I start Synaptic 15.523
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.960
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.205
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.603
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.990
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.589
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.813
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.168
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.103
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.663
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:48.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.901
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.059
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.738
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.763
And I enable persistence 8.441
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.823
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.054
And Tor is ready 42.449
And available upgrades have been checked 0.059
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.594
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.817
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:6.521
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.128
And I enable persistence 8.489
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.629
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.820
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 24.008
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.207
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:18.251
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.752
And I enable persistence 8.031
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.563
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.530
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.434
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034