Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4322 06 Apr 2026, 15:11

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 14:39.406 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
1:59.116
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.651
And I update APT using apt 8.777
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.711
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 53.746
And I update APT using apt 5.932
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.246
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.376
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.099
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.247
And I enable persistence 13.874
And I log in to a new session 10.090
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.450
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.672
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.638
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.754
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.458
And I update APT using apt 4.794
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.232
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.712
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 1:36.669
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.203
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.426
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
When I start Synaptic 12.330
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.385
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.378
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.419
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.205
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.212
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.790
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.440
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.700
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 1:15.103
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.314
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.720
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.670
And I enable persistence 5.604
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 9.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.633
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.987
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 0.457
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.352
And I enable persistence 5.833
# 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 10.013
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.850
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.956
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.145
And I enable persistence 6.352
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 8.788
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.636
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.884
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006