Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4315 03 Apr 2026, 07:36

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 14:1.753 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
1:42.976
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 1:18.717
And I update APT using apt 6.139
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.224
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.872
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:41.552
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.439
And I update APT using apt 5.128
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.659
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.169
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.009
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.234
And I enable persistence 15.780
And I log in to a new session 9.313
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.123
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
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 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.190
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.226
And I update APT using apt 4.451
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.195
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.120
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.625
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.155
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.678
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
When I start Synaptic 12.299
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.116
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.169
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.414
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.778
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.233
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.934
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.806
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.414
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.034
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.075
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.262
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.771
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.659
And I enable persistence 6.183
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 9.561
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.582
And available upgrades have been checked 0.049
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.521
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.864
And I enable persistence 5.330
# 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 10.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.154
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.826
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.879
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.826
And I enable persistence 5.579
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.671
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.640
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.982
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036