Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4291 24 Mar 2026, 11:32

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 15:42.009 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
1:51.329
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.993
And I update APT using apt 6.134
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.431
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:26.808
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 1:24.895
And I update APT using apt 5.782
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.605
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.263
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.570
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.825
And I enable persistence 16.878
And I log in to a new session 10.511
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.153
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.686
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.770
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.458
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.335
And I update APT using apt 4.538
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.094
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 a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.139
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.469
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.613
When I start Synaptic 12.652
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.513
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.946
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.570
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.774
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.536
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.238
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.339
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.012
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.459
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.650
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.504
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 8.397
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.665
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.453
And I enable persistence 7.007
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.447
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.292
And available upgrades have been checked 2.181
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.554
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.291
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.520
And I enable persistence 6.818
# 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 10.972
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.279
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 19.177
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.667
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.365
And I enable persistence 6.687
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.456
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.736
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.185
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044