Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4289 23 Mar 2026, 11:06

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 14:56.220 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
1:48.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.160
And I update APT using apt 5.875
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.155
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.400
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 49.228
And I update APT using apt 4.785
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.060
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.066
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.579
And I enable persistence 15.779
And I log in to a new session 10.079
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.505
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.576
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.162
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 an administration password 1:13.541
And I update APT using apt 5.056
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.251
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.189
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.427
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.376
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.216
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.424
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
When I start Synaptic 12.570
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.639
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.173
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.753
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.221
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.414
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.932
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.562
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.167
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 a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.261
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 9.178
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.064
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.301
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.107
And I enable persistence 6.430
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.126
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.319
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.094
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.975
And available upgrades have been checked 1.095
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.504
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.135
And I enable persistence 7.154
# 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 10.635
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.856
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.085
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.963
And I enable persistence 6.775
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 11.219
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.865
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.687
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.077