Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4344 14 Apr 2026, 16:42

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 15:24.106 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
1:59.921
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 1:26.541
And I update APT using apt 9.050
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.329
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.783
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.344
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:9.018
And I update APT using apt 6.294
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.243
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.353
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.936
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.125
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.157
And I enable persistence 16.030
And I log in to a new session 11.785
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.547
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.734
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.801
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.186
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 a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.838
And I update APT using apt 4.835
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.246
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.140
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.985
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.829
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.291
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.441
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
When I start Synaptic 12.341
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.506
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.735
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.492
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.249
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.410
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.982
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.962
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 1:19.051
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 8.876
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.913
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.806
And I enable persistence 5.552
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 10.312
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.206
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.489
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 0.469
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.601
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.862
And I enable persistence 6.839
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.197
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.762
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.705
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.897
And I enable persistence 6.459
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 10.382
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.804
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.975
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041