Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4281 15 Mar 2026, 11:14

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 15:56.043 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
1:50.147
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.480
And I update APT using apt 6.035
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.527
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.258
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.595
And I update APT using apt 6.021
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.924
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.151
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.053
And I enable persistence 18.020
And I log in to a new session 10.912
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.227
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.858
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.818
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.063
And I update APT using apt 5.236
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.307
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.201
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.684
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 a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.919
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.219
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
When I start Synaptic 12.502
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.488
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.401
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.445
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.822
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.455
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.639
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.002
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.519
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:59.223
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 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.245
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.703
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.189
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.729
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.023
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.716
And I enable persistence 7.426
# 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 0.030
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 11.947
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.610
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.594
And available upgrades have been checked 2.204
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.499
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 17.859
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.427
And I enable persistence 7.734
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 12.269
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.674
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.774
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.016
And I enable persistence 6.682
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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 13.027
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.679
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.147
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006