Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4301 29 Mar 2026, 08:06

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 14:3.620 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
1:42.415
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.257
And I update APT using apt 5.691
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.324
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.348
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:40.163
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.524
And I update APT using apt 5.344
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.409
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.223
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.101
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.773
And I enable persistence 14.090
And I log in to a new session 9.550
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.150
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.772
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 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.174
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.651
And I update APT using apt 5.027
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.172
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.530
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.635
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.176
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.633
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.551
When I start Synaptic 12.195
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.105
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.549
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.181
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.223
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.838
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.592
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.415
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.624
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.438
And I enable persistence 6.552
# 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
# 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 0.084
And I log in to a new session 9.596
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.181
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 11.639
And available upgrades have been checked 2.140
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.951
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.490
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.455
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.024
And I enable persistence 6.566
# 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
And I log in to a new session 9.653
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.179
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.831
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
55.964
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.467
And I enable persistence 6.546
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.030
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.692
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.002
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039