Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4303 30 Mar 2026, 07:38

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 14:30.470 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
1:42.533
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 1:17.475
And I update APT using apt 5.678
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.025
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.366
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.607
And I update APT using apt 5.230
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.234
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.008
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.388
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.019
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.007
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.468
And I enable persistence 14.499
And I log in to a new session 9.474
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.607
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.561
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.145
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.892
And I update APT using apt 4.744
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.170
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.215
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.244
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.973
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.147
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.624
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
When I start Synaptic 12.227
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.357
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.642
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.244
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.179
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.773
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.456
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.081
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 a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.899
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.781
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.710
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.831
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.053
And I enable persistence 5.685
# 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 0.106
And I log in to a new session 8.876
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 11.613
And available upgrades have been checked 2.161
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.460
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.388
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.977
And I enable persistence 5.295
# 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 10.652
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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 41.750
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.099
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 a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.557
And I enable persistence 5.168
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.266
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.347
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.184
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008