Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4369 30 Apr 2026, 16:09

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 15:30.463 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
1:59.800
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 1:28.031
And I update APT using apt 7.753
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.008
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.482
And I update APT using apt 6.283
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.401
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 8.448
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.037
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.295
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.826
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.943
And I enable persistence 17.011
And I log in to a new session 10.115
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.153
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.679
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.658
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.938
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.191
And I update APT using apt 5.061
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.251
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.257
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.813
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.511
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
When I start Synaptic 12.943
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.759
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.293
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.785
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.748
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 3.217
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.895
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.591
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.214
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 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.039
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.909
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.024
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.322
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.063
And I enable persistence 5.900
# 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
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 12.148
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 0.048
# 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 0.082
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.519
And available upgrades have been checked 2.136
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.557
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.675
And I enable persistence 7.194
# 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 10.817
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.203
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 18.443
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.572
And I enable persistence 6.909
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 11.432
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.721
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.277
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.184
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009