Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4363 28 Apr 2026, 11:26

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 15:42.461 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
1:56.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:28.485
And I update APT using apt 7.835
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.328
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.331
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.056
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 52.587
And I update APT using apt 5.278
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.422
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.228
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.183
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.673
And I enable persistence 16.376
And I log in to a new session 10.305
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.596
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.820
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.722
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.164
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.390
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.149
And I update APT using apt 4.707
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.249
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.140
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.582
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.537
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
When I start Synaptic 12.739
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.664
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.130
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.502
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.264
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.350
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.869
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.420
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:13.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.664
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 8.964
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.906
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.853
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.567
And I enable persistence 6.857
# 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 0.011
# 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 0.091
And I log in to a new session 10.899
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.276
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.093
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.255
And available upgrades have been checked 2.228
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.049
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.294
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.218
And I enable persistence 6.706
# 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 10.652
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.957
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.935
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.720
And I enable persistence 5.825
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 11.401
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.649
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.148
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029