Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4660 06 Oct 2026, 11:19

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 15:15.557 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
2:11.185
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.301
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.035
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.535
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.109
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.163
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.875
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.000
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.244
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.359
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.135
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.116
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.583
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.994
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.005
And I enable persistence 20.270
And I log in to a new session 8.057
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.082
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.392
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.529
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.010
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.511
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.798
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.428
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.130
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.480
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 a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.777
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.435
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.521
When I start Synaptic 11.895
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.867
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.842
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.553
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.299
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.117
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.937
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.683
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.459
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.325
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.276
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 5.476
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.993
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.333
And I enable persistence 10.706
# 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
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 8.391
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.245
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.079
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.984
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.788
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.595
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.617
And I enable persistence 11.837
# 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 7.787
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.145
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 14.206
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.678
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 a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.658
And I enable persistence 11.355
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
And I log in to a new session 8.057
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.333
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.883
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006