Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4323 06 Apr 2026, 18:22

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 15:23.003 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
1:51.428
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.497
And I update APT using apt 6.589
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.545
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.567
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 50.069
And I update APT using apt 5.560
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.371
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.691
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.623
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.691
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.402
And I enable persistence 17.022
And I log in to a new session 10.105
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.188
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.715
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.714
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.234
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.186
And I update APT using apt 5.215
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.367
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.342
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:25.903
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:4.347
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.419
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
When I start Synaptic 12.483
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.670
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.833
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.108
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.272
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.242
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.296
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.277
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.456
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.675
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.800
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.607
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.687
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.731
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.361
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.245
And I enable persistence 6.325
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.098
And I log in to a new session 10.743
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.512
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.752
And available upgrades have been checked 2.159
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.510
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 4.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.075
And I enable persistence 7.378
# 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 10.660
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.653
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.624
And I enable persistence 6.863
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 10.092
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.942
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.497
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009