Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4317 04 Apr 2026, 08:06

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 14:58.102 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
2:1.746
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 1:25.564
And I update APT using apt 8.210
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.359
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 7.961
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:14.984
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 1:9.971
And I update APT using apt 5.763
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 8.417
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.911
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.137
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.958
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.306
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.703
And I enable persistence 14.435
And I log in to a new session 8.822
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.232
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.626
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.587
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.306
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 a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.580
And I update APT using apt 5.158
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.214
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.779
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.697
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.598
When I start Synaptic 12.450
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.409
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.486
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.191
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.184
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.795
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.439
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.127
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.088
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 8.477
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.639
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.664
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.419
And I enable persistence 5.780
# 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
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.283
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.287
And available upgrades have been checked 1.111
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.559
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.753
And I enable persistence 6.250
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 10.023
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.355
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 17.125
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.231
And I enable persistence 5.693
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
And I log in to a new session 8.976
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.673
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.969
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006