Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4383 08 May 2026, 13:23

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 14:55.297 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
1:50.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.923
And I update APT using apt 6.825
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.292
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.551
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.142
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.178
And I update APT using apt 5.825
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.851
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.693
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.397
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.301
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.204
And I enable persistence 16.162
And I log in to a new session 10.628
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.633
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.657
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.055
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.009
And I update APT using apt 4.869
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.261
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.408
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.623
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.463
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
When I start Synaptic 12.687
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.589
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.602
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.506
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.658
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.638
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.628
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.338
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.883
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.445
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.028
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.958
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.019
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.003
And I enable persistence 6.736
# 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
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 10.960
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.559
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.218
And available upgrades have been checked 1.121
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.627
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.943
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.663
And I enable persistence 6.615
# 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 11.912
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.939
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.079
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.432
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 a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.485
And I enable persistence 6.799
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 10.748
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.710
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.506
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007