Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4299 28 Mar 2026, 07:41

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 14:58.517 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
1:46.911
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 1:20.492
And I update APT using apt 6.841
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.321
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.103
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.496
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.745
And I update APT using apt 5.760
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.464
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.766
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.160
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.567
And I enable persistence 14.816
And I log in to a new session 10.902
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.402
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.778
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.629
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.133
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.325
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.757
And I update APT using apt 4.941
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.304
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.877
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.098
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.523
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
When I start Synaptic 12.715
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.541
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.838
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.238
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.373
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.892
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.420
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.393
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.558
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 8.486
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.632
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.114
And I enable persistence 6.805
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.697
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.170
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.823
And available upgrades have been checked 2.181
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.030
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.598
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.457
And I enable persistence 6.627
# 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 12.733
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 15.232
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.512
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.439
And I enable persistence 5.908
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.387
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.548
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.568
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006