Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4310 01 Apr 2026, 12:53

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 15:48.490 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
1:57.924
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.184
And I update APT using apt 7.702
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.051
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:11.989
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.034
And I update APT using apt 5.838
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.396
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.180
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.705
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.075
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.058
And I enable persistence 17.865
And I log in to a new session 10.815
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.214
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.760
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.672
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.668
And I update APT using apt 5.689
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.294
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.193
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.020
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.933
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.676
When I start Synaptic 13.123
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.803
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.633
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.736
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.246
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.964
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.049
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.307
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.543
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:52.299
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.850
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.080
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.010
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.308
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.637
And I enable persistence 7.334
# 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
# 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 0.098
And I log in to a new session 10.513
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.238
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.079
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.547
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.624
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.900
And I enable persistence 6.612
# 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 11.464
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.566
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.572
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.778
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.598
And I enable persistence 6.892
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 10.933
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.742
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.458
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039