Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4334 11 Apr 2026, 08:02

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 16:16.427 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
2:2.895
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 1:24.612
And I update APT using apt 7.521
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 12.309
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:47.623
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:30.983
And I update APT using apt 5.842
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 11.598
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.007
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.048
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.460
And I enable persistence 14.362
And I log in to a new session 9.471
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.443
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.716
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.568
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.280
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 an administration password 1:10.002
And I update APT using apt 4.773
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.256
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.404
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 a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.251
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.699
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.608
When I start Synaptic 12.275
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.376
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.559
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.538
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.242
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.987
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.739
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.450
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:7.722
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 1:14.305
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 8.612
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.697
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.919
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.549
And I enable persistence 6.352
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 9.565
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.561
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.018
And Tor is ready 43.217
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.534
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.911
And I enable persistence 5.791
# 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 10.660
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.495
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.238
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.501
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.623
And I enable persistence 5.291
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.664
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.637
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.105
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007