Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4298 27 Mar 2026, 18:17

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 14:46.552 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
1:45.425
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.711
And I update APT using apt 6.616
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.095
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.210
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.284
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.359
And I update APT using apt 5.927
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.377
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.129
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.210
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.334
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.624
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.565
And I enable persistence 15.696
And I log in to a new session 10.542
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.627
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.126
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.486
And I update APT using apt 7.017
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.326
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.824
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.427
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.454
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.610
When I start Synaptic 12.448
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.429
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.925
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.520
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.832
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.441
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.254
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.241
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.897
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.391
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.601
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.289
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 8.805
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.809
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.558
And I enable persistence 5.543
# 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 0.010
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.873
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.567
And available upgrades have been checked 1.085
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.485
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.309
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.520
And I enable persistence 5.592
# 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 9.553
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.200
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 17.325
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.288
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.567
And I enable persistence 6.967
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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.713
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.643
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.067
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007