Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4350 18 Apr 2026, 11:24

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 15:37.962 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
1:54.640
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 1:24.580
And I update APT using apt 8.546
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.442
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.070
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 54.575
And I update APT using apt 5.726
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 8.097
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.089
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.003
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.448
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.623
And I enable persistence 19.234
And I log in to a new session 9.984
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.779
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.780
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.127
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.561
And I update APT using apt 5.030
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.263
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:20.952
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.912
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
When I start Synaptic 12.422
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.490
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.986
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.776
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.415
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.694
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.868
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.498
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.467
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.721
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.875
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.732
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.244
And I enable persistence 6.446
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.806
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.230
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.083
And the network is plugged 0.072
And Tor is ready 13.379
And available upgrades have been checked 1.099
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.623
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.695
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.716
And I enable persistence 6.719
# 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 0.012
And I log in to a new session 11.421
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.485
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.892
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.932
And I enable persistence 6.723
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 11.070
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.770
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.210
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007