Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4172 16 Jan 2026, 11:51

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 15:27.213 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
1:47.596
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:19.611
And I update APT using apt 6.036
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.061
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:18.480
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 1:17.269
And I update APT using apt 4.896
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.785
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.022
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.383
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.777
And I enable persistence 17.557
And I log in to a new session 10.488
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.290
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.664
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.663
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.946
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 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.748
And I update APT using apt 4.296
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.416
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.314
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.554
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.150
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
When I start Synaptic 12.388
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.683
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.243
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.415
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.245
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.624
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.968
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.439
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.613
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.955
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.960
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.200
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.036
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.666
And I enable persistence 6.741
# 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 0.013
# 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 10.440
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.386
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.205
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.178
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.846
And I enable persistence 7.082
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.847
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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.904
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.130
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.098
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.548
And I enable persistence 6.585
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.030
# 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 9.746
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.511
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.216
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006