Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4351 19 Apr 2026, 11:18

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 15:14.586 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
1:54.115
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.469
And I update APT using apt 7.766
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.725
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.408
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.641
And I update APT using apt 7.760
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.749
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.933
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.112
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.365
And I enable persistence 17.205
And I log in to a new session 11.686
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.669
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.647
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.587
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.651
And I update APT using apt 5.234
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.369
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.204
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.716
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 0.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.620
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.214
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.024
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
When I start Synaptic 12.747
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.433
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.639
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.557
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.265
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.547
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.837
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.656
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 0.859
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.270
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.585
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.836
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 8.381
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.880
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.334
And I enable persistence 6.691
# 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 0.088
And I log in to a new session 11.502
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.238
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.261
And available upgrades have been checked 1.157
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.979
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.584
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.418
And I enable persistence 5.588
# 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 0.017
And I log in to a new session 10.877
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.223
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.549
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.608
And I enable persistence 6.792
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
And I log in to a new session 10.659
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.697
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.933
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006