Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4171 16 Jan 2026, 08:42

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 17:57.059 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
2:26.099
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.860
And I update APT using apt 7.288
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.213
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 15.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:42.694
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 1:27.552
And I update APT using apt 5.352
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.282
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.846
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.365
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.221
And I enable persistence 19.379
And I log in to a new session 10.952
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.303
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.838
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.783
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.514
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 0.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:50.632
And I update APT using apt 5.067
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.334
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.197
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:17.639
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.511
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.610
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
When I start Synaptic 13.900
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.787
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.906
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.600
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.766
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.589
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.787
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.694
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.900
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.934
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.589
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.293
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 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.906
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.897
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.055
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.355
And I enable persistence 7.530
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 11.422
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.356
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.086
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 13.508
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.286
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.759
And I enable persistence 7.851
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.219
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.376
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 22.865
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.206
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.625
And I enable persistence 7.720
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 10.961
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.574
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.151
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009