Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4333 10 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 16:2.021 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
1:55.348
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 1:26.974
And I update APT using apt 6.195
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.231
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.943
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:36.238
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 1:27.251
And I update APT using apt 5.139
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.472
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.402
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.213
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.240
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.347
And I enable persistence 18.243
And I log in to a new session 10.173
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.593
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.644
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 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.851
And I update APT using apt 5.128
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.238
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.208
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.717
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.608
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.581
When I start Synaptic 12.175
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.219
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.273
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.267
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.031
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.798
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.224
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.687
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.506
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.221
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.278
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.623
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.468
And I enable persistence 6.415
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.256
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.259
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.398
And available upgrades have been checked 1.129
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.973
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.579
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.177
And I enable persistence 6.889
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.815
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.493
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.129
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.225
And I enable persistence 7.052
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.770
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.772
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.103
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018