Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4177 19 Jan 2026, 15:30

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 14:15.767 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
1:40.028
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 1:16.450
And I update APT using apt 5.284
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.991
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.383
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.900
And I update APT using apt 4.936
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.344
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.032
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.971
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.977
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.729
And I enable persistence 14.493
And I log in to a new session 8.985
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.295
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.593
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.598
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.035
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 a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.165
And I update APT using apt 4.350
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.238
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.954
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.101
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.451
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
When I start Synaptic 12.000
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.142
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.809
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.409
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.741
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.434
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.253
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.977
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.727
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.230
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.580
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 a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.482
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 8.723
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.866
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.024
And I enable persistence 5.727
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 9.148
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.656
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.574
And available upgrades have been checked 2.146
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.479
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.516
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.197
And I enable persistence 5.803
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 8.829
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.324
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.967
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.785
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.186
And I enable persistence 5.581
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 9.393
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.945
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.121
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006