Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4353 21 Apr 2026, 07:40

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 14:50.704 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
1:47.620
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 1:21.963
And I update APT using apt 6.720
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.219
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.948
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 48.578
And I update APT using apt 5.495
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.305
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.512
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.839
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.224
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.938
And I enable persistence 16.234
And I log in to a new session 10.136
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.876
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.805
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.613
And I update APT using apt 4.687
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.240
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.150
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.801
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.765
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.248
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.452
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.496
When I start Synaptic 12.614
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.483
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.800
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.453
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.314
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.536
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.387
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.063
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.523
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.226
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.111
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 9.000
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.928
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.910
And I enable persistence 6.427
# 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
# 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 0.092
And I log in to a new session 10.508
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 13.210
And available upgrades have been checked 1.108
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.557
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.557
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.334
And I enable persistence 5.494
# 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 0.015
And I log in to a new session 11.024
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.204
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 16.508
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.524
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.023
And I enable persistence 6.273
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 11.298
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.642
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.111
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006