Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4319 05 Apr 2026, 07:55

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 15:24.930 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
1:47.486
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.592
And I update APT using apt 6.900
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.492
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 47.408
And I update APT using apt 5.860
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.350
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.364
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.031
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.473
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.593
And I enable persistence 15.757
And I log in to a new session 11.290
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.142
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.759
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.631
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.630
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.906
And I update APT using apt 5.221
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.221
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.160
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.586
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.892
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.417
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
When I start Synaptic 12.591
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.771
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.694
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.658
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.845
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.412
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.548
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.266
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.118
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.047
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.228
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.455
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.072
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.991
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.575
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.350
And I enable persistence 6.526
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.564
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.181
And available upgrades have been checked 2.143
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.578
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.427
And I enable persistence 6.205
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 11.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.353
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 42.130
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.077
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.977
And I enable persistence 6.829
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 10.318
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.276
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.216
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.371
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007