Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4278 13 Mar 2026, 11:21

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 15:36.744 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
1:51.230
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 1:22.454
And I update APT using apt 7.666
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.004
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.662
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.856
And I update APT using apt 5.289
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.333
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.217
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.879
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.346
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.531
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.692
And I enable persistence 17.194
And I log in to a new session 11.785
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.132
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.609
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.942
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.580
And I update APT using apt 4.746
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.214
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.364
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.672
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.265
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.563
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
When I start Synaptic 12.532
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.527
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.024
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.790
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.345
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.059
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.411
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:9.488
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 a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.061
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.819
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.966
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.291
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.324
And I enable persistence 5.523
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.672
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.562
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.033
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.524
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.425
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.302
And I enable persistence 5.570
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.977
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.394
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 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.056
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" with network unplugged 38.121
And I enable persistence 6.351
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.680
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.202
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.950
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012