Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4337 12 Apr 2026, 11:05

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 15:24.970 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
1:50.049
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.651
And I update APT using apt 6.585
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.530
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.463
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.467
And I update APT using apt 5.503
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.353
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.380
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.853
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.273
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.276
And I enable persistence 17.356
And I log in to a new session 12.625
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.501
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.642
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.804
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.380
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 a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.958
And I update APT using apt 5.834
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.195
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.443
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.485
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.710
When I start Synaptic 12.668
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.554
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.527
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.456
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.333
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.407
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.185
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.427
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.622
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 a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.043
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 8.998
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.810
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.447
And I enable persistence 7.053
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 10.486
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.704
And available upgrades have been checked 1.122
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.063
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.772
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.843
And I enable persistence 6.805
# 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 10.757
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.278
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 17.603
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.080
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.331
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.730
And I enable persistence 5.485
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.071
And I log in to a new session 11.145
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.778
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.984
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007