Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4362 23 Apr 2026, 13:37

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 16:40.965 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
1:56.241
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 1:27.747
And I update APT using apt 6.528
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.410
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.837
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:39.461
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 1:26.034
And I update APT using apt 6.096
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.416
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.554
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.118
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.308
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.365
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.956
And I enable persistence 17.815
And I log in to a new session 11.760
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.163
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.757
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.894
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.113
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.533
And I update APT using apt 4.912
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.240
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:26.785
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:5.049
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.444
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.597
When I start Synaptic 12.835
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.616
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.043
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.462
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.730
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.756
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.693
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.168
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.929
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.494
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.636
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 8.947
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.796
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.393
And I enable persistence 7.135
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 11.249
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.492
And available upgrades have been checked 1.122
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.980
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.051
And I enable persistence 6.956
# 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 10.452
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.275
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 18.986
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.352
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 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.237
And I enable persistence 7.052
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 11.405
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.738
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.629
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022