Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4283 16 Mar 2026, 11:25

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 14:58.439 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
1:53.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:23.771
And I update APT using apt 7.213
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.424
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.865
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.011
And I update APT using apt 5.891
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.468
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.181
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.786
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.228
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.569
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.342
And I enable persistence 17.162
And I log in to a new session 10.442
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.226
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.739
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.692
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.334
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.450
And I update APT using apt 4.320
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.246
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.138
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 a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.658
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.774
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
When I start Synaptic 12.579
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.578
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.720
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.671
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.690
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.619
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.979
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.444
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.048
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.797
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.960
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.391
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.343
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.613
And I enable persistence 6.810
# 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
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.953
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.477
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 13.147
And available upgrades have been checked 1.101
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.698
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.854
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.178
And I enable persistence 5.817
# 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 10.864
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.994
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.046
And I enable persistence 6.713
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 11.129
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.686
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.062
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007