Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4297 27 Mar 2026, 11:28

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 14:32.808 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
1:53.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:24.202
And I update APT using apt 9.029
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.076
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.025
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 1:5.659
And I update APT using apt 11.132
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.777
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.232
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.180
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.003
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.398
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.008
And I enable persistence 13.438
And I log in to a new session 9.706
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.590
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.610
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 a computer 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.518
And I update APT using apt 4.588
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.253
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.501
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.140
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
When I start Synaptic 12.286
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.366
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.392
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.439
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.682
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.244
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.228
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.847
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.396
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.411
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 8.664
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.831
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.734
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.709
And I enable persistence 5.671
# 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 0.017
# 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 8.982
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.512
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.663
And available upgrades have been checked 2.152
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.035
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.953
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.652
And I enable persistence 6.280
# 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 9.594
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.211
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.659
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
54.945
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.728
And I enable persistence 5.433
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.742
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.624
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.192
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009