Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4307 31 Mar 2026, 11:29

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 15:32.206 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
1:55.350
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 1:26.608
And I update APT using apt 7.519
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.462
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:21.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:9.709
And I update APT using apt 6.483
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.460
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.100
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.693
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.372
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.253
And I enable persistence 15.413
And I log in to a new session 11.981
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.169
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.669
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.636
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.277
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.569
And I update APT using apt 5.030
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.337
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.213
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.474
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.157
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.200
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.508
When I start Synaptic 12.441
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.441
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.978
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.459
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.207
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.381
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.927
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.456
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.984
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.633
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.427
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.958
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.762
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.843
And I enable persistence 5.446
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.658
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.971
And available upgrades have been checked 1.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.490
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.531
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.595
And I enable persistence 6.222
# 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 10.559
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.196
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.520
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.268
And I enable persistence 7.018
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.109
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 6.207
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006