Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4173 17 Jan 2026, 08:54

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 19:35.830 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
2:14.189
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:47.966
And I update APT using apt 5.810
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.319
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.096
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.460
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.218
And I update APT using apt 5.288
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.330
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.822
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.962
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.395
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.291
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.373
And I enable persistence 25.596
And I log in to a new session 17.367
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.304
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.396
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.816
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:39.207
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 a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:23.005
And I update APT using apt 5.374
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.357
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.229
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:37.849
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 a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.238
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.811
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.046
When I start Synaptic 14.543
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.092
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.198
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.796
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.789
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.270
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.118
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.157
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.309
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.695
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.513
When I install "cowsay" using apt 6.364
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.693
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:25.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.364
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.071
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.587
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.748
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.271
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.872
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.469
And I enable persistence 8.704
# 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 0.026
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 11.868
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.746
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
# 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 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 13.536
And available upgrades have been checked 1.283
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.577
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.010
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:7.337
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.237
And I enable persistence 9.348
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 13.942
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.801
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 23.819
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.190
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.610
And I enable persistence 8.723
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 11.556
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.962
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.939
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010