Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4386 09 May 2026, 10:57

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 14:3.757 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
1:43.504
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 1:18.740
And I update APT using apt 6.093
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.316
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.820
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:34.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 48.114
And I update APT using apt 5.185
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.854
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.540
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.925
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.233
And I enable persistence 14.537
And I log in to a new session 9.643
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.111
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.620
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.659
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.914
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.679
And I update APT using apt 4.664
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.125
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.112
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.067
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.164
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.511
When I start Synaptic 12.338
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.410
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.299
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.509
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.431
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.204
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.131
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.806
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.350
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:23.165
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.954
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.980
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.675
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.423
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.539
And I enable persistence 5.539
# 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 0.008
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 9.153
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 11.186
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 0.569
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.564
And I enable persistence 5.332
# 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 10.125
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.170
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 14.697
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.428
And I enable persistence 5.645
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.718
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.110
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.279
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006