Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4306 31 Mar 2026, 07:44

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 14:38.791 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
1:46.805
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 1:20.799
And I update APT using apt 6.465
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.357
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.267
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.596
And I update APT using apt 5.117
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.683
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.192
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.155
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.387
And I enable persistence 16.715
And I log in to a new session 10.238
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.186
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.675
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.383
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 1:10.787
And I update APT using apt 4.907
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.351
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.230
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.328
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.041
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.224
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.557
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.699
When I start Synaptic 12.771
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.643
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.539
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.606
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.209
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.056
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.761
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.410
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.400
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.032
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.596
And I enable persistence 5.330
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 9.926
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.866
And available upgrades have been checked 2.159
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.488
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.450
And I enable persistence 6.267
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.554
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.227
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.080
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.691
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.989
And I enable persistence 5.777
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
And I log in to a new session 11.094
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.595
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.045
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006