Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4356 21 Apr 2026, 18:13

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 15:26.726 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
1:53.195
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:25.150
And I update APT using apt 6.960
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.451
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.320
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.040
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 50.718
And I update APT using apt 6.560
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.773
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.886
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.134
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.267
And I enable persistence 17.896
And I log in to a new session 12.395
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.819
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.707
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.126
And I update APT using apt 4.735
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.345
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.246
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.036
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.161
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.150
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.522
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
When I start Synaptic 12.709
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.497
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.909
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.602
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.457
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.276
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.435
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.913
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.474
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.804
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 0.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.901
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.451
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.836
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.735
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.651
And I enable persistence 7.419
# 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 0.005
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 12.287
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.306
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 14.387
And available upgrades have been checked 2.216
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.611
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.680
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.776
And I enable persistence 7.111
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 10.509
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 18.092
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.072
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" with network unplugged 39.853
And I enable persistence 6.610
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.076
And I log in to a new session 11.701
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.749
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.963
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017