Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4200 30 Jan 2026, 16:03

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 16:25.575 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
1:55.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.597
And I update APT using apt 7.620
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.381
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.034
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:19.290
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.681
And I update APT using apt 6.935
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.428
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.594
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.823
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.246
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.399
And I enable persistence 20.488
And I log in to a new session 10.014
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.845
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.691
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.667
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.156
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.054
And I update APT using apt 6.149
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.327
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.245
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.018
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.560
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.508
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.922
When I start Synaptic 12.301
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.823
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.781
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.568
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.822
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.851
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.409
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.660
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.016
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.470
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:15.806
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:26.380
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 8.978
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.951
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.798
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.076
And I enable persistence 6.893
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 12.457
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.430
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.888
And available upgrades have been checked 2.186
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.014
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.615
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.048
And I enable persistence 8.462
# 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 11.347
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.348
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 23.844
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.124
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.412
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" with network unplugged 39.669
And I enable persistence 7.539
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 11.820
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.221
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.462
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007