Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4330 09 Apr 2026, 11:03

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 14:28.535 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
1:46.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.439
And I update APT using apt 7.135
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.527
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.502
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.456
And I update APT using apt 5.525
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.331
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.340
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.858
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.183
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.143
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.865
And I enable persistence 15.019
And I log in to a new session 9.172
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.175
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.678
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.495
And I update APT using apt 5.156
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.030
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.270
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.474
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
When I start Synaptic 12.150
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.516
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.020
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.473
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.578
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.262
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.110
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.902
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.432
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.887
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.281
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.096
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.904
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.717
And I enable persistence 5.479
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.262
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.212
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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.987
And available upgrades have been checked 1.103
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.465
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.392
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.931
And I enable persistence 5.658
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.271
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.219
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.862
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.756
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.309
And I enable persistence 6.425
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 10.116
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.757
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.987
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007