Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4197 28 Jan 2026, 22:27

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 14:48.596 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
1:42.487
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 1:17.712
And I update APT using apt 5.727
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.239
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.389
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.807
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 47.782
And I update APT using apt 5.382
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.927
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.983
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.357
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.306
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.448
And I enable persistence 16.028
And I log in to a new session 9.177
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.548
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.700
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.672
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.789
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.458
And I update APT using apt 4.695
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.220
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.746
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.472
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.575
When I start Synaptic 12.847
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.510
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.732
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.721
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.619
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.229
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.302
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.029
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.238
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.509
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.171
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.056
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 8.592
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.713
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.759
And I enable persistence 6.308
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 11.794
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.278
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.270
And available upgrades have been checked 2.185
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.995
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.494
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.504
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.993
And I enable persistence 5.741
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 9.622
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.351
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 22.103
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.475
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.492
And I enable persistence 6.640
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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.319
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.501
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.924
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006