Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4199 30 Jan 2026, 11:23

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 14:58.521 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
1:45.731
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 1:19.078
And I update APT using apt 6.173
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.044
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.370
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.400
And I update APT using apt 5.869
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.231
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.227
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.130
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.349
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.997
And I enable persistence 17.194
And I log in to a new session 10.539
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.335
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.798
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.712
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.058
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.530
And I update APT using apt 4.923
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.195
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.874
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.502
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.225
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.433
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.510
When I start Synaptic 12.648
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.560
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.247
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.837
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.492
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.310
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.399
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.975
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.236
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.490
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.886
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.978
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.851
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.063
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.789
And I enable persistence 6.815
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.344
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.740
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.158
And available upgrades have been checked 1.158
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 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.596
And I enable persistence 5.591
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.140
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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 22.655
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.154
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.598
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.446
And I enable persistence 6.988
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.832
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.369
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.248
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010