Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4357 21 Apr 2026, 22:34

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 16:54.518 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
1:51.986
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 1:24.509
And I update APT using apt 6.413
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.994
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.498
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.272
And I update APT using apt 5.713
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.397
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.938
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.755
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.246
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.357
And I enable persistence 15.347
And I log in to a new session 10.694
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.610
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.640
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.625
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.925
And I update APT using apt 5.150
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
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 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.406
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.461
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.109
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.439
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.531
When I start Synaptic 12.549
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.178
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.806
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.387
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.604
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.392
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.124
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.900
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.421
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:34.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.665
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.836
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.972
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.898
And I enable persistence 6.939
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.936
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.212
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 13.215
And available upgrades have been checked 1.085
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.634
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.586
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:7.707
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.624
And I enable persistence 5.701
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 12.343
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 16.819
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.082
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.372
And I enable persistence 7.084
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.936
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.006
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.444
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006