Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4320 05 Apr 2026, 11:33

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 16:8.329 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
1:56.275
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 1:28.331
And I update APT using apt 7.243
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.102
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.841
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 54.964
And I update APT using apt 5.344
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.104
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.639
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.268
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.571
And I enable persistence 18.482
And I log in to a new session 11.590
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.505
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.793
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.909
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.175
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.278
And I update APT using apt 5.202
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.251
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.649
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.842
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.254
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.545
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.650
When I start Synaptic 12.212
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.537
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.671
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.874
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.742
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.401
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.347
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.959
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.466
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.342
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.190
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 9.017
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.156
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.657
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.989
And I enable persistence 9.344
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.995
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.289
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.091
And Tor is ready 12.300
And available upgrades have been checked 2.258
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.156
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 17.756
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.561
And I enable persistence 6.883
# 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 10.887
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.563
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 41.988
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:13.044
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 a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.696
And I enable persistence 7.048
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 11.927
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.934
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.780
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012