Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4481 05 Jul 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 15:2.530 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
1:46.070
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.045
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.934
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.616
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.175
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.573
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.236
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.288
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.481
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.356
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.683
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.001
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.438
And I enable persistence 20.851
And I log in to a new session 10.627
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.697
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.850
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.234
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.638
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.754
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.384
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.218
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.290
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.153
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.415
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.480
When I start Synaptic 12.818
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.548
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.253
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.771
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.183
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.513
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.901
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.802
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.820
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.702
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.928
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.711
And I enable persistence 9.231
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.586
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.251
And available upgrades have been checked 2.208
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.464
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.000
And I enable persistence 9.170
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.562
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.233
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 16.175
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.348
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.040
And I enable persistence 10.840
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.839
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.035
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.327
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006