Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4269 09 Mar 2026, 13:55

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 14:36.041 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
1:45.111
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.090
And I update APT using apt 6.229
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.994
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.723
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 46.526
And I update APT using apt 4.838
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.542
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.313
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.144
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.860
And I enable persistence 16.995
And I log in to a new session 10.383
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.682
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 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.590
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.472
And I update APT using apt 4.514
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.155
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.209
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.283
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.415
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
When I start Synaptic 12.170
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.494
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.761
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.719
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.252
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.278
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.879
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.583
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.233
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.594
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.665
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.168
And I enable persistence 6.462
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 9.582
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.032
And available upgrades have been checked 2.196
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.540
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.535
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.593
And I enable persistence 5.850
# 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 9.807
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.206
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.315
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.847
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.978
And I enable persistence 6.489
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 9.411
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.650
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.066
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007