Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4183 22 Jan 2026, 16:33

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 15:32.260 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
1:52.201
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.118
And I update APT using apt 6.561
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.235
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.786
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.274
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 51.294
And I update APT using apt 5.476
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 12.223
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.086
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.550
And I enable persistence 14.406
And I log in to a new session 10.169
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.293
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.708
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.699
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.634
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.629
And I update APT using apt 4.475
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.241
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.164
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.810
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.984
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.740
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
When I start Synaptic 12.245
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.380
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.886
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.190
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.951
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.973
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:8.730
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.300
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 8.543
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.645
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.843
And I enable persistence 5.920
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 8.953
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.345
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 41.891
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.580
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.289
And I enable persistence 5.613
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 10.178
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.295
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.140
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.130
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.608
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" with network unplugged 36.285
And I enable persistence 5.469
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.076
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.539
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.376
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.272
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043