Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4296 27 Mar 2026, 07:59

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 15:13.824 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
1:56.713
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 1:26.739
And I update APT using apt 6.905
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.429
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.064
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.030
And I update APT using apt 13.517
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.665
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.175
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.396
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.071
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.402
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.670
And I enable persistence 16.994
And I log in to a new session 10.403
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.200
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.701
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.708
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.804
And I update APT using apt 4.842
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.265
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.741
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.467
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.434
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.571
When I start Synaptic 12.095
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.465
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.628
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.742
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.567
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.208
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.125
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.809
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.505
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.038
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.058
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 8.367
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.081
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.975
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.330
And I enable persistence 5.785
# 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 10.207
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 13.003
And available upgrades have been checked 1.095
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.503
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.074
And I enable persistence 5.700
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.396
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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.867
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.426
And I enable persistence 5.901
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.117
# 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 0.110
And I log in to a new session 10.737
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.645
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.897
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017