Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4288 22 Mar 2026, 11:27

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 15:54.451 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
2:27.338
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:57.379
And I update APT using apt 8.278
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.804
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.914
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 52.615
And I update APT using apt 5.674
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.339
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.128
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.760
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.021
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.386
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.184
And I enable persistence 15.496
And I log in to a new session 10.653
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.625
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.711
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.330
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.020
Given a computer 0.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.248
And I update APT using apt 5.349
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.300
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.153
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.640
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.805
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.192
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.820
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.559
When I start Synaptic 12.693
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.527
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.998
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.536
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.938
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.366
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.427
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.953
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.572
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.221
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 a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.072
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.735
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.226
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.530
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.220
And I enable persistence 5.692
# 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 0.083
And I log in to a new session 12.253
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.093
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.183
And available upgrades have been checked 2.222
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.649
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.648
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.740
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.920
And I enable persistence 6.923
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 11.090
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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 18.316
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.838
And I enable persistence 6.886
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.870
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.801
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.368
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007