Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4311 01 Apr 2026, 18:34

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 15:26.262 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
1:52.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.893
And I update APT using apt 7.015
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.421
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.673
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.657
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.333
And I update APT using apt 6.135
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.369
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.593
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.925
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.170
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.504
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.663
And I enable persistence 17.049
And I log in to a new session 12.055
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.142
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.770
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.804
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.896
And I update APT using apt 5.669
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.309
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.210
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.724
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.164
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.405
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.632
When I start Synaptic 12.667
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.581
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.316
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.652
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.679
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.696
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.157
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.840
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.481
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.556
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 0.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.664
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.651
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.852
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.689
And I enable persistence 7.294
# 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 0.016
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.041
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 0.040
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.006
And available upgrades have been checked 2.239
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.092
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.652
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.328
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.241
And I enable persistence 6.471
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.626
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.772
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.612
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.125
And I enable persistence 7.173
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.960
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.664
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.493
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006