Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4305 30 Mar 2026, 15:13

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 14:20.747 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
1:43.608
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.612
And I update APT using apt 6.059
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.326
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.561
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:39.190
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.225
And I update APT using apt 4.709
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.291
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.083
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.236
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.141
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.147
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.776
And I enable persistence 13.731
And I log in to a new session 10.237
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.137
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.747
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.610
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.731
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 1:10.475
And I update APT using apt 4.725
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.112
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.240
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.423
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.218
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.125
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.638
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.421
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.698
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.233
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.971
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.798
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.462
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.143
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 1:15.863
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.658
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.690
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.622
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.886
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.026
And I enable persistence 6.723
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 11.388
And available upgrades have been checked 1.097
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.965
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.405
And I enable persistence 5.595
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 10.698
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.766
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.959
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 a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.801
And I enable persistence 5.840
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 10.403
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.714
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.039
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006