Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4335 11 Apr 2026, 11:29

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 15:25.856 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
1:54.519
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.833
And I update APT using apt 6.770
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.103
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.917
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 57.156
And I update APT using apt 5.733
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 9.094
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.383
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.193
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.644
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.437
And I enable persistence 16.261
And I log in to a new session 10.897
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.671
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.832
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.969
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.452
And I update APT using apt 4.949
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.275
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 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.348
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.524
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
When I start Synaptic 12.760
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.639
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.311
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.285
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.554
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.944
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.491
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.092
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.946
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 8.579
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.343
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.372
And I enable persistence 6.734
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.201
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.634
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.073
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.213
And available upgrades have been checked 2.150
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.577
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.520
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.365
And I enable persistence 7.131
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 10.080
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 17.063
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.162
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.043
And I enable persistence 6.624
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.589
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.760
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.976
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008