Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4179 20 Jan 2026, 08:52

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 14:49.364 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
1:43.749
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 1:18.126
And I update APT using apt 5.932
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.959
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.189
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 47.590
And I update APT using apt 5.352
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.437
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.630
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.015
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.288
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.151
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.606
And I enable persistence 17.546
And I log in to a new session 10.685
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.309
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.670
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.632
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.157
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.759
And I update APT using apt 4.811
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.295
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.145
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.534
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 a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.266
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.559
When I start Synaptic 12.179
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.614
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.144
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.647
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.454
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.317
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.166
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.862
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.983
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.545
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.305
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.052
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.327
And I enable persistence 6.578
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.642
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.722
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.072
And available upgrades have been checked 1.152
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.997
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.526
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.489
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.482
And I enable persistence 6.731
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.412
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.272
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 22.322
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.261
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.999
And I enable persistence 7.089
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.851
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.760
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.512
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019