Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4190 26 Jan 2026, 12:04

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 15:26.941 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
1:58.642
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.626
And I update APT using apt 12.065
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.774
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.002
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 16.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.111
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 53.409
And I update APT using apt 4.970
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 11.924
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.073
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.968
And I enable persistence 14.607
And I log in to a new session 10.452
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.293
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.727
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.752
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.200
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.603
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.561
And I update APT using apt 4.505
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.241
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.802
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.835
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.215
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.464
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
When I start Synaptic 12.311
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.518
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.989
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.527
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.284
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.016
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.924
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.509
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.195
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.272
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 8.966
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.963
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.654
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.735
And I enable persistence 6.761
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 9.282
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.525
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.622
And available upgrades have been checked 1.115
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.080
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.824
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.596
And I enable persistence 6.924
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.263
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.862
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.143
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.585
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 37.540
And I enable persistence 6.419
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.036
And I log in to a new session 9.906
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.766
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.341
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006