Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4365 29 Apr 2026, 11:25

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 15:40.901 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
1:55.814
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:26.663
And I update APT using apt 7.505
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.411
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.586
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.193
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.421
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 55.610
And I update APT using apt 6.889
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.431
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.569
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.107
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.711
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.315
And I enable persistence 17.935
And I log in to a new session 10.824
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.177
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.663
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.704
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.888
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.218
And I update APT using apt 5.079
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.259
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.390
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.628
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.459
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
When I start Synaptic 12.216
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.638
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.461
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.714
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.273
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.193
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.494
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.818
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.148
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 8.586
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.141
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.873
And I enable persistence 8.525
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 12.774
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 14.195
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.041
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.562
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.746
And I enable persistence 6.720
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 11.761
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.542
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 16.685
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.568
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.082
And I enable persistence 7.382
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
And I log in to a new session 11.545
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.814
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.516
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008