Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4260 01 Mar 2026, 11:37

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 15:27.902 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
1:52.859
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 1:21.969
And I update APT using apt 7.173
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.689
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.587
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 49.817
And I update APT using apt 5.064
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.299
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.647
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.545
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.120
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.013
And I enable persistence 17.212
And I log in to a new session 10.153
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.184
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.667
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.624
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.280
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 0.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.329
And I update APT using apt 4.314
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.257
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.592
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 1:39.996
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.694
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.980
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.485
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.003
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.626
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.568
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.330
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.989
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.263
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.513
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.346
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.377
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.414
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.139
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.455
And I enable persistence 5.437
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.282
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.079
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.492
And available upgrades have been checked 1.103
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.980
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.675
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.027
And I enable persistence 6.655
# 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 10.436
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.593
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 42.203
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.236
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.805
And I enable persistence 6.640
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 0.078
And I log in to a new session 9.492
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.536
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.161
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.417
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006