Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4387 10 May 2026, 10:55

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 14:9.940 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
1:40.054
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 1:15.034
And I update APT using apt 6.151
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.416
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.848
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 46.112
And I update APT using apt 5.579
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.310
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.955
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.042
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.823
And I enable persistence 13.766
And I log in to a new session 9.550
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.147
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.587
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.127
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.786
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.676
And I update APT using apt 4.538
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.168
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.892
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.690
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.417
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.501
When I start Synaptic 12.187
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.372
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.889
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.677
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.121
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.859
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.479
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.640
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.370
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 8.638
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.680
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.188
And I enable persistence 5.671
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 9.015
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.216
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.159
And available upgrades have been checked 1.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.491
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.507
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.391
And I enable persistence 5.576
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 9.703
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.198
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.648
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.718
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 a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.789
And I enable persistence 6.334
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
And I log in to a new session 9.960
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.608
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.869
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006