Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4368 30 Apr 2026, 11:07

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 14:54.873 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
1:49.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:22.543
And I update APT using apt 6.800
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.551
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.312
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.154
And I update APT using apt 5.868
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.262
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.386
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.137
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.251
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.209
And I enable persistence 15.611
And I log in to a new session 11.491
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.781
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.622
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.507
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.687
And I update APT using apt 5.225
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 2.210
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.996
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.818
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.225
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.411
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
When I start Synaptic 12.460
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.313
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.958
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.682
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.243
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.641
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.257
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.149
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.855
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.424
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.072
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 a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.018
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 8.940
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.038
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.844
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.533
And I enable persistence 6.185
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 11.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.505
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 13.014
And available upgrades have been checked 2.214
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.457
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.380
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.579
And I enable persistence 6.557
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.271
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 17.194
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.653
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 a computer 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.793
And I enable persistence 6.847
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
And I log in to a new session 10.081
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.658
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.111
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016