Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4202 31 Jan 2026, 11:48

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 14:52.033 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
1:41.673
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 1:16.488
And I update APT using apt 5.854
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.422
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.789
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 49.619
And I update APT using apt 4.576
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.672
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.536
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.113
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.272
And I enable persistence 15.746
And I log in to a new session 9.643
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.601
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.728
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.722
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.097
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.795
And I update APT using apt 4.812
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.138
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.803
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.085
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.222
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.639
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.519
When I start Synaptic 12.393
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.510
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.216
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.299
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.294
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.274
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.819
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.512
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.623
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.609
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.633
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.679
And I enable persistence 7.085
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.312
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.660
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.857
And available upgrades have been checked 2.141
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.565
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.390
And I enable persistence 6.495
# 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 11.138
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 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 22.497
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.198
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.462
And I enable persistence 6.960
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
# 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 9.806
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.299
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.673
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027