Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4170 15 Jan 2026, 17:33

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 14:49.652 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
1:43.196
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.710
And I update APT using apt 5.649
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.389
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.981
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.342
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 46.483
And I update APT using apt 5.043
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.670
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.062
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.126
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.462
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.437
And I enable persistence 17.923
And I log in to a new session 9.959
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.387
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.640
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.191
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.922
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.316
And I update APT using apt 4.980
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.339
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.134
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.045
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.130
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.541
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
When I start Synaptic 12.401
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.548
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.470
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.552
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.719
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.583
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.183
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.755
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.431
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.596
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.027
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.545
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.104
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.087
And I enable persistence 6.490
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.896
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.385
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.103
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.719
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.090
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.424
And I enable persistence 7.279
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.488
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.413
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.167
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.139
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.548
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.175
And I enable persistence 5.838
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.953
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.826
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.204
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007