Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4302 29 Mar 2026, 11:41

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 15:2.644 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
2:3.417
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.165
And I update APT using apt 6.710
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 13.614
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.985
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.457
And I update APT using apt 5.941
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.702
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 28.009
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.044
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.343
And I enable persistence 14.307
And I log in to a new session 10.434
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.560
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.750
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.905
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.624
And I update APT using apt 4.736
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.301
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.140
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.701
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.711
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.487
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
When I start Synaptic 12.345
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.289
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.215
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.454
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.262
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.139
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.738
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.213
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 0.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.686
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.457
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.737
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.861
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.442
And I enable persistence 5.240
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.266
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.043
And Tor is ready 12.233
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.609
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.559
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.039
And I enable persistence 6.301
# 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 10.258
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.102
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.422
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.312
And I enable persistence 5.460
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
# 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 9.601
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.690
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.131
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047