Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4355 21 Apr 2026, 13:50

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 15:52.634 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
1:58.689
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 1:28.022
And I update APT using apt 6.844
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.006
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.430
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.195
And I update APT using apt 6.344
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 7.571
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.809
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.086
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.311
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.672
And I enable persistence 17.284
And I log in to a new session 12.029
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.237
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.674
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.837
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.522
And I update APT using apt 5.275
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.276
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.220
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.892
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 0.105
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.818
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.799
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.974
When I start Synaptic 12.690
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.641
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.753
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.560
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.688
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
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 3.475
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.963
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.197
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.329
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.999
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.851
And I enable persistence 7.188
# 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
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.288
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.211
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.946
And available upgrades have been checked 0.087
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.537
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.305
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.633
And I enable persistence 6.900
# 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 11.679
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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.712
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.195
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.403
And I enable persistence 7.054
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 11.403
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.661
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.478
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027