Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4354 21 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 15:44.971 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
1:53.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.273
And I update APT using apt 6.726
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.466
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:24.736
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:24.415
And I update APT using apt 5.423
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.430
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.935
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.092
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.144
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.706
And I enable persistence 15.727
And I log in to a new session 9.940
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.752
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.656
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.991
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.198
And I update APT using apt 5.243
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.266
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.742
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.575
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
When I start Synaptic 12.419
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.638
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.091
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.551
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.546
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.399
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.409
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.823
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.468
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.432
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.938
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.766
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.958
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.824
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.356
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.470
And I enable persistence 6.647
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 10.613
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.201
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.317
And available upgrades have been checked 2.167
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.609
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.423
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.728
And I enable persistence 5.587
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.229
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.344
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.081
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.068
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.964
And I enable persistence 7.169
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 11.186
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.684
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.894
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035