Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4189 25 Jan 2026, 12:14

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 15:23.263 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
1:49.078
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 1:20.219
And I update APT using apt 7.109
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.418
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.189
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 53.440
And I update APT using apt 6.577
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.602
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.558
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 27.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.003
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.633
And I enable persistence 16.259
And I log in to a new session 10.316
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.206
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.786
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.648
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.405
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.158
And I update APT using apt 4.731
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.378
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.299
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.155
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.481
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
When I start Synaptic 12.466
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.621
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.542
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.412
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.438
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.001
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.017
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.472
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.145
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.661
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.225
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.725
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.958
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.109
And I enable persistence 7.028
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.259
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.352
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.079
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 11.983
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.242
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.632
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.616
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.844
And I enable persistence 6.500
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.538
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.349
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 22.862
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.133
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.066
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.426
And I enable persistence 6.879
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 0.086
And I log in to a new session 10.551
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.473
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.084
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006