Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4360 23 Apr 2026, 11:04

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 15:57.530 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
1:51.988
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.588
And I update APT using apt 6.612
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.097
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.439
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 51.336
And I update APT using apt 5.822
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.586
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.222
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.257
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.690
And I enable persistence 22.057
And I log in to a new session 12.104
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.218
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.807
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.651
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.900
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 a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.854
And I update APT using apt 5.155
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.498
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.251
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.538
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.573
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
When I start Synaptic 12.436
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.557
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.053
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.853
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.657
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.232
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.864
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:24.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.681
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.494
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.110
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.344
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.926
And I enable persistence 6.619
# 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
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 12.000
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.607
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.495
And available upgrades have been checked 1.101
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.052
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.642
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.797
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.375
And I enable persistence 6.823
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.250
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.468
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.067
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.017
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.426
And I enable persistence 6.880
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.531
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.704
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.431
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007