Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4348 16 Apr 2026, 11:03

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 14:53.006 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
1:49.828
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 1:21.528
And I update APT using apt 7.296
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.367
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.914
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.722
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.931
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.436
And I update APT using apt 5.223
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.479
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.647
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.746
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.640
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.741
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.438
And I enable persistence 16.382
And I log in to a new session 10.411
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.149
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.765
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.749
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.930
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.594
And I update APT using apt 4.762
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.282
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.088
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.651
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.164
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.396
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.603
When I start Synaptic 12.654
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.611
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.372
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.523
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.271
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.516
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.908
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.525
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.380
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.905
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 8.439
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.907
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.250
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.333
And I enable persistence 6.690
# 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 0.101
And I log in to a new session 10.812
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 0.047
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 13.005
And available upgrades have been checked 2.182
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.677
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.020
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.276
And I enable persistence 5.653
# 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 10.540
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.429
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.847
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 a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.535
And I enable persistence 6.765
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 10.398
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.823
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.130
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028