Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4186 23 Jan 2026, 11:42

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 15:10.283 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
1:53.703
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 1:22.135
And I update APT using apt 6.295
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 7.531
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.033
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.118
And I update APT using apt 5.325
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 7.062
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.670
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.390
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.100
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.791
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.303
And I enable persistence 15.085
And I log in to a new session 9.704
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.301
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.822
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.642
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.757
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.185
And I update APT using apt 5.033
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.853
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.463
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
When I start Synaptic 12.381
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.432
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.341
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.406
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.193
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.205
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.955
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.473
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.614
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.648
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.511
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.730
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.959
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 0.011
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 10.345
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.455
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.352
And available upgrades have been checked 2.199
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.514
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.288
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.862
And I enable persistence 6.647
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.824
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.354
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 22.410
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.140
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.480
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.443
And I enable persistence 6.631
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.992
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.385
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.310
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029