Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4352 20 Apr 2026, 11:20

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 15:25.005 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
2:29.467
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 1:58.620
And I update APT using apt 8.226
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.546
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.101
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.230
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.041
And I update APT using apt 6.356
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.560
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.746
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.294
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.416
And I enable persistence 16.440
And I log in to a new session 9.471
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.632
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.353
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.724
And I update APT using apt 5.068
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.271
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.682
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.651
When I start Synaptic 12.421
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.587
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.556
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.803
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.327
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.279
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.862
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.401
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.459
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.643
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.419
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.771
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.662
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.856
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.129
And I enable persistence 6.290
# 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 9.907
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.194
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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.839
And available upgrades have been checked 2.200
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.540
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.576
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.848
And I enable persistence 6.580
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.952
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.733
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 a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.874
And I enable persistence 5.738
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 9.279
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.682
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.004
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007