Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4349 17 Apr 2026, 11:17

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 15:21.742 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
1:55.771
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 1:27.688
And I update APT using apt 6.778
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.267
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.841
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:8.160
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 55.081
And I update APT using apt 8.179
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 7.037
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.390
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.069
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.410
And I enable persistence 15.003
And I log in to a new session 11.392
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.686
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.777
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.065
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.531
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.759
And I update APT using apt 5.166
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.194
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.183
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.556
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.242
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.564
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.809
When I start Synaptic 13.238
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.660
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.202
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.520
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.838
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.339
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.528
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.458
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.133
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.080
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 8.457
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.913
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.775
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.560
And I enable persistence 6.526
# 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 11.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.471
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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.323
And available upgrades have been checked 2.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.410
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.496
And I enable persistence 5.786
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 11.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.135
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.175
And I enable persistence 6.748
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.084
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.662
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.020
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027