Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4185 23 Jan 2026, 08:49

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 15:49.478 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
1:50.509
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 1:22.368
And I update APT using apt 7.289
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.312
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.679
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.824
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 48.651
And I update APT using apt 5.182
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.964
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.132
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.671
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.497
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.656
And I enable persistence 19.101
And I log in to a new session 10.975
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.289
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.618
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.024
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.693
And I update APT using apt 5.654
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.336
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:25.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.019
Given a computer 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:4.539
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.247
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.964
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
When I start Synaptic 12.812
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.654
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.409
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.843
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.525
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.718
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.307
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.282
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.644
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.788
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.028
Given a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.283
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.537
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.887
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.826
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.234
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.262
And I enable persistence 5.978
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.971
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.410
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
# 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 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.564
And available upgrades have been checked 0.055
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.403
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.308
And I enable persistence 6.870
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.258
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.453
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.876
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.149
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.069
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.471
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.376
And I enable persistence 6.811
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 11.906
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.380
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.308
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008