Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4275 12 Mar 2026, 16:11

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 15:9.124 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
1:58.170
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.091
And I update APT using apt 7.129
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 7.394
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.678
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.359
And I update APT using apt 5.525
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 7.330
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.811
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.356
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.324
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.281
And I enable persistence 17.961
And I log in to a new session 12.026
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.631
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.751
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.876
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.118
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.847
And I update APT using apt 4.704
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.258
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.684
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.434
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
When I start Synaptic 12.448
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.187
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.336
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.939
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.687
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.360
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.967
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.048
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.581
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:18.776
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.419
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.751
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.441
And I enable persistence 6.764
# 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 0.090
And I log in to a new session 9.323
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.302
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
# 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 0.085
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.545
And available upgrades have been checked 1.149
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.604
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.571
And I enable persistence 7.192
# 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 9.946
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.357
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.836
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.444
And I enable persistence 6.682
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.120
And I log in to a new session 10.182
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.769
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.394
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.086