Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4341 14 Apr 2026, 12:55

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 15:56.393 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
1:52.353
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.374
And I update APT using apt 8.403
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.328
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.091
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:29.186
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 1:21.868
And I update APT using apt 6.455
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.360
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.745
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.671
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.221
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.738
And I enable persistence 16.916
And I log in to a new session 11.417
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.567
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.820
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.808
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.709
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.346
And I update APT using apt 5.597
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.309
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.326
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.978
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.553
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.631
When I start Synaptic 12.648
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.664
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.139
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.281
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.235
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.922
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.504
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.793
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.906
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.399
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.791
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.537
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.373
And I enable persistence 7.740
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.599
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 13.355
And available upgrades have been checked 1.154
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.602
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.832
And I enable persistence 6.959
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 12.752
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.357
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.122
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.508
And I enable persistence 7.309
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
And I log in to a new session 11.686
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.723
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.711
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032