Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4195 27 Jan 2026, 20:21

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 14:55.222 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
1:43.779
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.952
And I update APT using apt 5.531
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.558
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.102
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 47.254
And I update APT using apt 5.270
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.449
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.935
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.123
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.927
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.218
And I enable persistence 17.729
And I log in to a new session 11.151
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.238
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.677
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.591
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.786
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 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.715
And I update APT using apt 4.251
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.316
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.708
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.717
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.524
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596
When I start Synaptic 12.749
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.479
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.296
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.417
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.411
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.582
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.783
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.074
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.720
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.541
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.268
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.739
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 9.208
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.014
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.326
And I enable persistence 6.978
# 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 0.096
And I log in to a new session 9.973
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.355
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.071
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.896
And available upgrades have been checked 3.235
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.409
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.648
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.900
And I enable persistence 7.223
# 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 10.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.383
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 22.065
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.150
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.576
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.001
And I enable persistence 6.518
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 10.625
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.762
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.092
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007