Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4321 06 Apr 2026, 11:34

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 15:26.754 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
1:57.295
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:27.781
And I update APT using apt 8.193
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.386
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.450
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.050
And I update APT using apt 4.858
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.330
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 11.341
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.056
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.493
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.211
And I enable persistence 16.113
And I log in to a new session 10.931
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.131
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.627
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.730
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.400
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.950
And I update APT using apt 4.778
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.289
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.227
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.261
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.087
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.500
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.640
When I start Synaptic 13.102
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.526
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.289
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.619
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.211
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.239
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.783
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.477
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.926
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.925
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.938
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.834
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.756
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.964
And I enable persistence 5.556
# 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
# 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 0.088
And I log in to a new session 10.089
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.246
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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.037
And available upgrades have been checked 2.236
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.467
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.923
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.760
And I enable persistence 5.697
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 11.640
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.162
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.572
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.120
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.420
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.252
And I enable persistence 6.943
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.986
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.659
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.412
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006