Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4346 15 Apr 2026, 11:05

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 14:47.764 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
1:42.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:17.594
And I update APT using apt 6.474
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.144
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:39.935
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 48.617
And I update APT using apt 5.444
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.006
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.388
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.092
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.256
And I enable persistence 15.658
And I log in to a new session 10.161
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.141
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.666
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.640
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.781
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.412
And I update APT using apt 4.774
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.248
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.102
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.387
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.225
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.421
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
When I start Synaptic 12.213
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.533
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.856
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.398
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.192
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.386
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.868
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:56.301
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.036
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.691
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.816
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.297
And I enable persistence 6.530
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.702
And available upgrades have been checked 2.152
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.466
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.596
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.758
And I enable persistence 6.729
# 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 10.362
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 40.806
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.045
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 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.869
And I enable persistence 6.571
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
And I log in to a new session 9.627
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.340
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.145
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015