Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4668 09 Oct 2026, 11:24

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 15:24.271 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
2:14.330
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.783
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.297
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.548
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 0.713
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.270
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 48.869
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.999
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.598
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.568
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.119
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.662
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.047
And I enable persistence 19.556
And I log in to a new session 8.252
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.116
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.691
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.479
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.953
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.689
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.573
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.400
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.086
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.199
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.142
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.434
When I start Synaptic 11.994
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.118
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.451
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.601
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.533
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.371
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.926
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.294
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.970
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.360
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 5.862
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.067
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.601
And I enable persistence 10.714
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 8.333
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.053
And available upgrades have been checked 0.079
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.702
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.578
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.763
And I enable persistence 11.574
# 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 7.958
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.510
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 15.667
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.037
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.658
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.329
And I enable persistence 12.182
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 6.982
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.074
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.675
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006