Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4339 14 Apr 2026, 08:00

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 15:13.106 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
1:55.066
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 1:26.399
And I update APT using apt 7.008
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.650
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.268
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 1:0.506
And I update APT using apt 6.255
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.208
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.831
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.116
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.886
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.023
And I enable persistence 15.430
And I log in to a new session 10.439
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.549
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.864
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.756
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.323
And I update APT using apt 5.316
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.236
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.772
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.397
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.457
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
When I start Synaptic 12.648
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.537
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.423
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.495
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.558
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.365
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.907
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.230
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.000
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.024
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.172
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.839
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.305
And I enable persistence 6.325
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 9.897
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.193
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.014
And available upgrades have been checked 1.142
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.010
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.390
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.248
And I enable persistence 6.299
# 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 9.531
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.164
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.604
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.733
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.477
And I enable persistence 6.478
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.887
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.706
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.995
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007