Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4188 24 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 14:55.811 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
1:44.729
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 1:18.533
And I update APT using apt 5.578
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.397
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.502
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.723
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.253
And I update APT using apt 5.727
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.305
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.239
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.140
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.086
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.967
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.710
And I enable persistence 15.304
And I log in to a new session 10.090
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.312
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.700
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.673
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.267
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.066
And I update APT using apt 4.582
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.191
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.389
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.725
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.335
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.557
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.265
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.908
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.981
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.098
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.806
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.987
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 0.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.723
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 8.622
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.776
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.704
And I enable persistence 6.832
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.805
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 0.050
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.389
And available upgrades have been checked 3.257
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.459
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.764
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.209
And I enable persistence 6.271
# 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 0.034
And I log in to a new session 10.379
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 21.676
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.714
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.350
And I enable persistence 5.918
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.756
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.952
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.109
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006