Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4313 02 Apr 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 15:50.389 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
2:9.751
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 1:36.816
And I update APT using apt 6.427
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.411
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 7.320
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:39.638
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 1:25.745
And I update APT using apt 5.113
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.237
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 9.538
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.359
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.779
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.263
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.031
And I enable persistence 14.876
And I log in to a new session 10.035
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.182
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.682
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.674
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.547
And I update APT using apt 4.576
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.965
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:40.843
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.199
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.747
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
When I start Synaptic 12.199
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.399
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.359
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.603
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.880
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.094
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.171
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 8.873
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.944
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.345
And I enable persistence 6.438
# 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
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.748
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.545
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.777
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.987
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.302
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.741
And I enable persistence 5.757
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 10.620
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.650
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.264
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.200
And I enable persistence 6.416
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 9.878
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.619
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.979
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007