Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4361 23 Apr 2026, 12:13

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 15:5.757 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
1:58.030
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:29.720
And I update APT using apt 7.618
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.758
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.623
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 56.054
And I update APT using apt 6.714
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.566
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.708
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.124
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.125
And I enable persistence 16.743
And I log in to a new session 10.526
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.121
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.630
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.361
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.102
And I update APT using apt 4.694
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.281
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.149
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.131
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.015
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.266
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.484
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
When I start Synaptic 12.306
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.227
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.552
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.200
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.035
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.818
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.470
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.525
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 1:14.944
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 8.640
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.723
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.820
And I enable persistence 5.538
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 9.753
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 11.998
And available upgrades have been checked 2.212
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.513
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.608
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.215
And I enable persistence 5.629
# 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 11.457
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.544
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.284
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.084
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.322
And I enable persistence 6.797
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 10.618
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.767
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.412
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040