Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4324 07 Apr 2026, 07:34

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 14:22.889 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
2:10.665
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 1:46.395
And I update APT using apt 5.980
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.888
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.389
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 44.066
And I update APT using apt 5.410
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.885
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.033
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.918
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.067
And I enable persistence 14.457
And I log in to a new session 9.230
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.119
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.678
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.647
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.945
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.882
And I update APT using apt 4.548
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.155
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.593
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.066
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.545
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
When I start Synaptic 12.062
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.329
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.383
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.572
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.535
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.214
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.147
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.751
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.450
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.488
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.404
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 8.342
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.623
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613
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 36.119
And I enable persistence 6.354
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.277
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.182
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.006
And available upgrades have been checked 2.160
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.535
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.539
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.005
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.664
And I enable persistence 6.523
# 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 9.998
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.441
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.102
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.808
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.097
And I enable persistence 5.656
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.078
And I log in to a new session 9.577
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.585
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.706
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034