Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4304 30 Mar 2026, 11:05

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 13:57.312 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
1:40.954
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 1:16.240
And I update APT using apt 5.665
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.493
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:41.561
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 48.257
And I update APT using apt 5.219
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.245
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.033
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.619
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.987
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.059
And I enable persistence 13.496
And I log in to a new session 9.690
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.400
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.663
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.627
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.569
And I update APT using apt 4.488
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.191
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.587
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.547
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.492
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.496
When I start Synaptic 12.063
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.376
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.631
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.188
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.245
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.786
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 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.094
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 0.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.143
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.413
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.610
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.961
And I enable persistence 5.660
# 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
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 9.238
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.246
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
# 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 0.078
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.708
And available upgrades have been checked 1.081
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.987
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.481
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.671
And I enable persistence 5.604
# 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 8.693
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.127
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
54.486
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.343
And I enable persistence 5.390
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 8.961
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.656
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.916
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005