Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4274 12 Mar 2026, 15:22

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 16:0.497 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
1:51.810
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 1:24.692
And I update APT using apt 6.130
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.390
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.997
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 53.352
And I update APT using apt 6.807
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.414
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.537
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.073
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.140
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.677
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.058
And I enable persistence 16.796
And I log in to a new session 10.419
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.157
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.751
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.240
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.651
And I update APT using apt 4.967
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.313
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.459
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.559
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.422
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.630
When I start Synaptic 12.812
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.707
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.114
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.544
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.353
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.709
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.900
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.531
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.272
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.305
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 8.938
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.236
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.311
And I enable persistence 7.108
# 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 0.010
# 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 10.226
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207
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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.651
And available upgrades have been checked 1.084
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.551
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.454
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.790
And I enable persistence 7.195
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 10.484
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 18.382
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.141
And I enable persistence 6.641
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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.631
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.746
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.341
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.068