Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4169 15 Jan 2026, 15:49

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 17:3.683 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
2:12.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.037
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:46.563
And I update APT using apt 6.533
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.132
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 48.979
And I update APT using apt 5.243
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.126
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.700
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.352
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.884
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.998
And I enable persistence 23.846
And I log in to a new session 14.457
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.462
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.110
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.769
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:39.322
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 0.220
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.939
And I update APT using apt 5.447
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.342
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.286
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.467
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.645
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.660
When I start Synaptic 14.818
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.980
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.613
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.838
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.238
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 4.857
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.942
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.231
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.823
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.192
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.269
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.810
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:14.713
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:28.051
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.864
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.809
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.685
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.275
And I enable persistence 7.920
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.756
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.371
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.137
And available upgrades have been checked 0.068
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.703
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.896
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.651
And I enable persistence 7.994
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 10.841
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.434
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 23.555
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.259
And I enable persistence 7.694
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 13.142
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.643
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.083
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008