Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4270 10 Mar 2026, 08:01

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 14:43.181 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
1:53.851
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 1:21.625
And I update APT using apt 8.701
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.585
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.544
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.930
And I update APT using apt 5.373
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 10.466
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 27.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.951
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.381
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.784
And I enable persistence 14.366
And I log in to a new session 9.893
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.154
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.737
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.652
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.871
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.733
And I update APT using apt 4.636
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.238
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.317
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.832
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.183
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.648
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
When I start Synaptic 12.024
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.395
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.548
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.454
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.220
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.309
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.817
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.506
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.185
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 1:16.194
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.808
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.693
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.809
And I enable persistence 6.286
# 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 9.291
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.406
And available upgrades have been checked 1.087
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.521
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.863
And I enable persistence 6.620
# 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 8.770
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.197
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 15.502
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.139
And I enable persistence 6.441
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.065
# 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 9.631
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.657
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.308
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006