Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4201 31 Jan 2026, 09:04

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 16:59.658 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
2:25.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:56.614
And I update APT using apt 7.724
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.375
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.299
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.938
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.008
And I update APT using apt 5.764
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.540
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.154
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.404
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.214
And I enable persistence 19.160
And I log in to a new session 10.809
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.367
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.750
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.700
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.792
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 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:22.187
And I update APT using apt 4.869
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.273
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.212
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.188
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.548
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
When I start Synaptic 13.768
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.759
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.450
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.633
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.698
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.531
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.742
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.897
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.575
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.730
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.887
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.865
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.962
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.754
And I enable persistence 7.614
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.454
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.860
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 13.417
And available upgrades have been checked 0.079
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.296
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.712
And I enable persistence 7.509
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 12.255
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.292
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 23.216
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.876
And I enable persistence 7.792
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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 11.378
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.842
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.810
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016