Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4293 25 Mar 2026, 14:09

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 15:34.710 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
2:6.913
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:39.044
And I update APT using apt 7.340
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.414
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.617
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.060
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 52.390
And I update APT using apt 5.488
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.075
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.422
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.298
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.278
And I enable persistence 17.377
And I log in to a new session 12.172
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.195
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.681
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.017
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.575
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.766
And I update APT using apt 5.228
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.442
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.498
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.687
When I start Synaptic 12.509
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.564
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.951
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.433
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.684
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.496
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.411
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.401
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.888
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.535
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.741
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.829
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 9.011
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.177
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.634
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.122
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.923
And I enable persistence 7.075
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 9.852
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.956
And available upgrades have been checked 1.104
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.059
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.636
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.804
And I enable persistence 7.239
# 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 10.234
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 18.550
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.097
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.039
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.859
And I enable persistence 6.770
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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.407
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.788
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.947
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034