Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4294 26 Mar 2026, 11:04

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 14:55.954 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
1:45.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.393
And I update APT using apt 6.598
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.916
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.440
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.938
And I update APT using apt 5.789
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.290
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.007
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.961
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.107
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.316
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.064
And I enable persistence 15.698
And I log in to a new session 10.337
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.466
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.662
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.254
And I update APT using apt 5.076
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.221
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.474
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.004
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.542
When I start Synaptic 12.303
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.583
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.786
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.673
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.209
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.292
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.966
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.261
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.442
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:50.410
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.727
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 8.596
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.743
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.913
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.717
And I enable persistence 6.465
# 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
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 12.096
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.022
And Tor is ready 13.654
And available upgrades have been checked 2.160
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.487
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.718
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.559
And I enable persistence 7.197
# 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 10.296
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 16.221
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.081
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.976
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.854
And I enable persistence 7.028
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.071
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 9.908
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.649
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.231
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024