Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4667 09 Oct 2026, 07:39

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 16:6.300 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
2:27.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:36.317
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.871
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.565
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.285
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.862
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.798
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.505
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.661
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.153
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.817
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.692
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.095
And I enable persistence 20.796
And I log in to a new session 8.844
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.149
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.696
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.757
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.279
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.108
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.428
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.409
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.193
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.806
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.209
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.343
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.409
When I start Synaptic 11.831
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.246
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.742
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.620
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.271
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.706
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.105
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.760
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.581
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
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 1:18.718
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.157
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.296
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.528
And I enable persistence 12.876
# 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 0.078
And I log in to a new session 7.134
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.490
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.659
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.367
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.541
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.848
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.761
And I enable persistence 12.626
# 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 8.932
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.183
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 14.316
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.153
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.678
And I enable persistence 12.570
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 8.142
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.305
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.933
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078