Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4181 22 Jan 2026, 09:23

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 17:14.171 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
2:25.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.892
And I update APT using apt 7.379
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.352
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.175
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.544
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.596
And I update APT using apt 6.532
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.387
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.418
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.076
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.250
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.143
And I enable persistence 20.098
And I log in to a new session 12.487
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.369
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.082
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.779
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:35.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.210
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.624
And I update APT using apt 5.129
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.338
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.244
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.793
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 0.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.802
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.776
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.607
When I start Synaptic 13.687
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.858
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.233
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.612
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.558
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.667
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.648
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.890
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.593
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:33.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.371
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.455
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.565
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.577
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.838
And I enable persistence 7.537
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 10.895
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.409
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 12.330
And available upgrades have been checked 0.062
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.179
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.850
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.433
And I enable persistence 7.465
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 10.767
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.405
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 41.876
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.156
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.251
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.092
And I enable persistence 7.745
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.635
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.295
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.831
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009