Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4343 14 Apr 2026, 14:18

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 15:49.252 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
1:51.988
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 1:24.932
And I update APT using apt 6.345
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.373
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.554
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.839
And I update APT using apt 6.365
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.867
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.842
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.207
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.510
And I enable persistence 18.104
And I log in to a new session 11.789
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.210
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.861
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.780
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.970
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.252
And I update APT using apt 4.999
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.285
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.235
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.149
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.636
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.450
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.554
When I start Synaptic 12.626
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.732
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.791
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.567
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.793
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.672
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.905
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.508
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:15.158
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.591
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.887
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.143
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.641
And I enable persistence 6.963
# 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 0.018
# 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 0.104
And I log in to a new session 10.894
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.911
And available upgrades have been checked 0.052
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.517
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.565
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.509
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.119
And I enable persistence 5.693
# 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 10.709
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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.791
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.540
And I enable persistence 8.365
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.028
And I log in to a new session 11.294
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.837
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.544
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008