Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4187 24 Jan 2026, 08:27

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 14:57.995 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
1:49.815
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 1:21.654
And I update APT using apt 6.398
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.423
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.677
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 50.528
And I update APT using apt 9.235
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.526
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.450
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.979
And I enable persistence 17.048
And I log in to a new session 10.277
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.258
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.626
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.646
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.104
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.289
And I update APT using apt 5.220
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.285
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.156
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.988
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.999
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.165
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.423
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.718
When I start Synaptic 12.219
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.526
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.418
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.527
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.785
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.395
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.622
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.224
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.945
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.432
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.520
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.374
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 8.913
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.023
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.430
And I enable persistence 5.504
# 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 0.015
# 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 10.311
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.344
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.358
And available upgrades have been checked 2.187
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.998
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.528
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.560
And I enable persistence 5.216
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 11.652
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.279
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.801
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.230
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.888
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.511
And I enable persistence 6.939
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 10.008
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.526
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.279
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063