Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4284 16 Mar 2026, 13:10

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 15:33.930 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
1:48.559
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.833
And I update APT using apt 5.866
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.545
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.338
And I update APT using apt 4.918
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.579
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.113
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.197
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.533
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.746
And I enable persistence 16.881
And I log in to a new session 11.918
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.603
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.802
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.664
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.747
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.922
And I update APT using apt 5.238
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.555
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.122
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.692
When I start Synaptic 12.570
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.595
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.217
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.648
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.373
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.503
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.955
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.412
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.324
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.522
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.919
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.738
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.730
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.752
And I enable persistence 6.529
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.407
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.213
And available upgrades have been checked 3.216
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.437
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.931
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.147
And I enable persistence 6.997
# 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 11.178
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 42.871
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.003
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.784
And I enable persistence 6.769
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
# 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 11.034
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.230
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.381
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024