Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4295 26 Mar 2026, 13:43

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 15:41.399 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
1:55.079
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 1:27.313
And I update APT using apt 6.205
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.283
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.571
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.691
And I update APT using apt 5.659
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.601
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.257
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.400
And I enable persistence 16.237
And I log in to a new session 11.852
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.178
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.766
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.750
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.154
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.705
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 a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.778
And I update APT using apt 5.235
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.262
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.282
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.748
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 a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.260
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.448
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.552
When I start Synaptic 12.850
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.625
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.406
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.789
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.356
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.058
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.327
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.907
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.944
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 9.253
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.156
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.971
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.999
And I enable persistence 7.155
# 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 0.078
And I log in to a new session 10.313
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.269
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.079
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.535
And available upgrades have been checked 2.180
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.577
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.804
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.689
And I enable persistence 7.132
# 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 11.269
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.677
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 16.678
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.386
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.250
And I enable persistence 6.980
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.096
And I log in to a new session 10.715
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.524
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.252
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007