Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4287 21 Mar 2026, 11:11

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 15:5.193 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
1:45.943
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.445
And I update APT using apt 6.257
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.566
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 47.457
And I update APT using apt 5.122
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.449
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.078
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.041
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.156
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.092
And I enable persistence 16.105
And I log in to a new session 9.445
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.619
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.706
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.274
And I update APT using apt 4.469
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.262
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.296
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.678
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.345
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.598
When I start Synaptic 12.198
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.500
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.513
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.561
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.226
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.299
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.881
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.466
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.884
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.602
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.873
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.567
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.093
And I enable persistence 6.347
# 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
# 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 10.547
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.124
And available upgrades have been checked 2.193
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.479
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.527
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.984
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.307
And I enable persistence 6.659
# 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 10.343
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.542
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.249
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.230
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.374
And I enable persistence 6.651
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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.002
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.663
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.278
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006