Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4300 28 Mar 2026, 11:34

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 15:10.015 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
1:55.184
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.171
And I update APT using apt 7.215
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.303
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.508
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.094
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.446
And I update APT using apt 6.354
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.303
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.008
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.205
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.515
And I enable persistence 17.405
And I log in to a new session 10.753
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.681
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.641
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.892
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 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.393
And I update APT using apt 4.779
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.379
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.273
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.570
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.537
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
When I start Synaptic 12.672
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.518
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.550
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.743
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.393
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.236
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.833
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.743
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.254
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.014
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.161
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.945
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.566
And I enable persistence 6.647
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.616
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.030
And available upgrades have been checked 2.200
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.763
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.200
And I enable persistence 6.997
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 10.093
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.230
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 18.984
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.316
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 a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.525
And I enable persistence 6.527
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.143
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.695
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.161
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006