Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4264 04 Mar 2026, 09:15

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 19:25.473 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
2:29.023
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.528
And I update APT using apt 7.664
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.687
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.271
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:26.200
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 1:1.713
And I update APT using apt 6.232
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.088
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.392
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.261
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.603
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.993
And I enable persistence 23.176
And I log in to a new session 12.390
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.182
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.883
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.796
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:36.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.897
And I update APT using apt 5.474
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.364
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.997
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 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.522
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.365
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.606
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I start Synaptic 14.021
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.914
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.247
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.817
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.646
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.787
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.329
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.973
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.613
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:13.712
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.146
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 11.528
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.530
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.847
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.755
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.465
And I enable persistence 9.087
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.859
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.245
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
# 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 0.094
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 13.061
And available upgrades have been checked 0.072
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.603
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:3.428
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.893
And I enable persistence 8.413
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 12.291
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.248
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 19.626
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.057
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:18.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.019
And I enable persistence 8.609
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.066
# 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 11.932
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.768
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.165
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010