Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4340 14 Apr 2026, 11:08

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 15:19.668 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
1:49.540
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.091
And I update APT using apt 6.714
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.326
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.602
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.528
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.822
And I update APT using apt 5.896
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.353
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.849
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.063
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.379
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.643
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.614
And I enable persistence 13.923
And I log in to a new session 10.191
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.178
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.746
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.738
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.798
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.471
And I update APT using apt 4.706
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.304
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.175
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.199
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.999
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.298
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.306
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.521
When I start Synaptic 12.669
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.467
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.230
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.590
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.614
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.912
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.542
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.350
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.503
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 9.036
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.983
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.117
And I enable persistence 6.063
# 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
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 11.645
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.646
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.084
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.917
And available upgrades have been checked 1.114
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.064
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.299
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.980
And I enable persistence 6.793
# 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 10.571
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 43.940
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.450
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 a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.375
And I enable persistence 7.172
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.067
And I log in to a new session 10.396
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.374
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.485
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007