Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4329 08 Apr 2026, 14:51

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 15:1.276 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
1:52.290
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 1:23.989
And I update APT using apt 6.768
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.843
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.513
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.464
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.406
And I update APT using apt 5.274
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.327
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.839
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.104
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.174
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.289
And I enable persistence 16.194
And I log in to a new session 9.264
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.139
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.607
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.634
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.997
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.026
And I update APT using apt 4.456
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.240
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.563
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.380
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.179
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
When I start Synaptic 12.450
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.543
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.019
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.561
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.533
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.279
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.051
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.779
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.842
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.822
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 8.299
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.659
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.918
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.771
And I enable persistence 5.613
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.973
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.654
And available upgrades have been checked 2.161
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.513
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.603
And I enable persistence 5.390
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.019
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.204
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 42.256
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.118
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.936
And I enable persistence 6.285
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 9.356
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.164
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.881
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006