Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4271 10 Mar 2026, 11:17

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 15:37.008 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
1:46.144
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 1:20.243
And I update APT using apt 5.772
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.397
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.028
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.377
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.605
And I update APT using apt 5.300
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.330
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.458
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.118
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.251
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.149
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.978
And I enable persistence 19.400
And I log in to a new session 12.452
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.544
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.861
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.762
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.419
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.966
And I update APT using apt 4.675
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.311
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.502
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.054
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.339
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
When I start Synaptic 13.115
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.774
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.500
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.731
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.799
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.398
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.493
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.067
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.233
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.560
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:8.905
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:25.346
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.583
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.240
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.050
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.228
And I enable persistence 7.469
# 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 0.014
# 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 13.217
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.651
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.079
And available upgrades have been checked 2.340
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.063
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.742
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.577
And I enable persistence 6.774
# 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 11.783
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.242
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.888
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.659
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 a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.148
And I enable persistence 7.126
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 10.955
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.674
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.490
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022