Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4286 20 Mar 2026, 14:09

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 15:11.420 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
1:49.233
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.022
And I update APT using apt 6.551
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.115
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.331
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.450
And I update APT using apt 5.945
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.345
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.526
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.125
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.310
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.313
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.761
And I enable persistence 19.237
And I log in to a new session 12.445
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.170
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.795
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.738
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.658
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.218
And I update APT using apt 4.746
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.199
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.033
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.843
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.239
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.737
When I start Synaptic 12.329
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.590
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.117
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.527
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.396
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.664
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.880
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.208
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.960
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.105
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.042
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 9.334
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.906
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.297
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.805
And I enable persistence 6.915
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 9.999
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.564
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.093
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.965
And available upgrades have been checked 0.060
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.161
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.661
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.276
And I enable persistence 7.294
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.211
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.653
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.059
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.959
And I enable persistence 7.160
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 11.402
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.830
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.504
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013