Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4292 25 Mar 2026, 11:24

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 15:0.500 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
1:56.040
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 1:27.042
And I update APT using apt 7.874
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.461
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.941
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 54.140
And I update APT using apt 6.182
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.337
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.457
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.133
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.988
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.433
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.155
And I enable persistence 16.867
And I log in to a new session 9.587
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.245
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.637
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.661
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.865
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.430
And I update APT using apt 4.777
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.375
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 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.866
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.075
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.714
When I start Synaptic 12.835
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.226
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.409
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.406
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.346
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.271
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.811
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.416
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.516
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.629
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 8.924
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.007
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.854
And I enable persistence 5.650
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 9.925
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.002
And available upgrades have been checked 2.164
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 2.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.237
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.103
And I enable persistence 5.892
# 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 0.016
And I log in to a new session 12.119
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.233
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.449
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.270
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 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.779
And I enable persistence 6.716
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 10.160
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.538
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.390
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006