Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4309 01 Apr 2026, 11:39

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 15:56.080 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
1:55.342
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 1:26.877
And I update APT using apt 6.409
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.141
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 52.682
And I update APT using apt 6.259
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.330
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.550
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.998
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.160
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.577
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.038
And I enable persistence 18.336
And I log in to a new session 12.009
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.245
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.849
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.810
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:34.261
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.234
And I update APT using apt 5.309
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.273
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.794
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.834
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.229
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.562
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
When I start Synaptic 12.301
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.758
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.448
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.728
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.287
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.496
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.238
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.498
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.333
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.304
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.516
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:2.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.874
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 8.905
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.027
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.451
And I enable persistence 8.910
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 9.781
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.949
And available upgrades have been checked 2.234
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.033
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.694
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.920
And I enable persistence 6.989
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 13.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.237
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.220
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.445
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.432
And I enable persistence 7.752
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
And I log in to a new session 11.650
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.756
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.643
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007