Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4345 15 Apr 2026, 08:02

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 16:4.583 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
2:25.469
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:57.407
And I update APT using apt 6.231
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.089
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.615
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 56.439
And I update APT using apt 5.789
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.326
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.692
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.152
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.124
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.294
And I enable persistence 17.635
And I log in to a new session 12.862
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.564
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.823
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.613
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.728
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.593
And I update APT using apt 5.454
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.225
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.446
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.438
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.516
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.881
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.633
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.859
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.331
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.921
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.041
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 0.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.709
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.768
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.971
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.348
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.770
And I enable persistence 6.943
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.082
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.113
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 12.670
And available upgrades have been checked 2.175
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.276
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.585
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.932
And I enable persistence 8.420
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 10.834
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.542
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 19.164
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.096
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.316
And I enable persistence 6.628
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.427
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.738
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.923
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006