Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4174 17 Jan 2026, 12:22

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 16:54.238 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
2:27.619
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:57.461
And I update APT using apt 7.737
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.321
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.489
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.332
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.962
And I update APT using apt 6.203
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.434
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.985
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.701
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.391
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.452
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.851
And I enable persistence 21.336
And I log in to a new session 11.836
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.293
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.917
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.710
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:35.274
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 0.269
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:20.240
And I update APT using apt 5.209
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.182
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.213
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 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.001
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.230
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.703
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
When I start Synaptic 13.241
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.797
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.541
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.608
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.727
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.603
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.798
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.714
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.827
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.575
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.868
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:8.713
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 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.406
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 8.368
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.274
And I enable persistence 7.836
# 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 0.041
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 11.736
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.326
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 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 12.488
And available upgrades have been checked 0.057
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.062
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.531
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.526
And I enable persistence 7.880
# 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 11.596
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.331
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 23.720
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.084
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 0.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.602
And I enable persistence 8.084
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 0.086
And I log in to a new session 11.600
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.769
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.230
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008