Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4279 14 Mar 2026, 11:16

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 16:2.861 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
1:47.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:21.155
And I update APT using apt 6.109
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.784
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.196
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 49.908
And I update APT using apt 4.871
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.288
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.116
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.464
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.033
And I enable persistence 16.986
And I log in to a new session 10.984
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.661
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.573
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.021
Given a computer 0.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.905
And I update APT using apt 4.803
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.301
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.196
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.035
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.581
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.425
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
When I start Synaptic 12.715
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.115
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.755
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.540
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.332
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.296
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.866
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.511
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:45.061
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.379
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.515
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.951
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.458
And I enable persistence 6.976
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.810
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.654
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 42.013
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.483
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.690
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.124
And I enable persistence 6.951
# 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 10.296
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.250
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 15.543
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.673
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 a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.991
And I enable persistence 6.374
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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 11.043
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.724
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.318
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006