Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4290 23 Mar 2026, 15:31

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 15:52.040 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
1:47.618
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.022
And I update APT using apt 6.221
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.346
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.574
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:18.537
And I update APT using apt 4.954
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.888
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.960
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.187
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.042
And I enable persistence 17.408
And I log in to a new session 11.628
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.757
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.735
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.539
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.977
And I update APT using apt 4.979
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.515
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.676
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
When I start Synaptic 12.709
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.131
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.133
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.529
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.233
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.289
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.216
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.955
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.239
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.506
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:11.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.774
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.729
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.826
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.889
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.635
And I enable persistence 5.362
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.986
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.177
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 42.018
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.426
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.598
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.220
And I enable persistence 5.605
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.092
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 17.286
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.067
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.657
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 a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.744
And I enable persistence 7.143
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.511
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.767
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.249
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051