Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4285 16 Mar 2026, 16:27

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 15:32.126 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
1:59.633
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.824
And I update APT using apt 14.802
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.952
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.674
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.515
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 53.102
And I update APT using apt 6.006
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.773
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.960
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.099
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.728
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.519
And I enable persistence 17.105
And I log in to a new session 12.534
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.598
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.812
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.757
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.279
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.819
And I update APT using apt 5.744
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.359
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.483
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.220
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.488
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.638
When I start Synaptic 13.091
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.590
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.576
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.681
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.711
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.659
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.267
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.890
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.366
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 8.597
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.000
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.815
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.561
And I enable persistence 7.017
# 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 0.056
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 12.233
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.237
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.287
And available upgrades have been checked 2.142
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.497
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.634
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.549
And I enable persistence 5.834
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 11.742
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.371
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.106
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.240
And I enable persistence 7.158
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 10.258
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.702
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.457
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008