Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4261 02 Mar 2026, 07:52

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 15:4.906 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
1:45.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:19.369
And I update APT using apt 5.891
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.338
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.260
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.652
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 47.636
And I update APT using apt 4.980
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.327
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.805
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.641
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.437
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.339
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.143
And I enable persistence 14.349
And I log in to a new session 9.959
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.463
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.733
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.707
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.450
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.418
And I update APT using apt 4.453
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.161
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.114
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.001
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.244
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.504
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.519
When I start Synaptic 13.226
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.311
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.957
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.642
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.792
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.320
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.032
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.888
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.483
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.339
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:6.207
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.467
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 8.626
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.888
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.257
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.920
And I enable persistence 6.686
# 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
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.411
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 11.482
And available upgrades have been checked 3.248
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.529
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.109
And I enable persistence 6.933
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.113
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 42.083
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.532
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.471
And I enable persistence 6.374
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.996
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.932
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.227
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008