Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4198 29 Jan 2026, 12:39

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 17:1.772 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
2:24.122
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:54.311
And I update APT using apt 8.018
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.377
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.020
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:15.494
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.901
And I update APT using apt 6.530
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.403
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.177
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.168
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.127
And I enable persistence 22.289
And I log in to a new session 12.263
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.260
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.822
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.737
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:37.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:19.805
And I update APT using apt 6.416
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.293
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.241
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:17.635
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 a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.338
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.667
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
When I start Synaptic 14.144
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.750
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.902
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.622
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.730
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.803
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.649
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.773
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.868
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.625
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:10.709
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:27.990
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.982
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.165
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.482
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.027
And I enable persistence 7.713
# 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 0.026
# 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 0.083
And I log in to a new session 11.828
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.319
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 12.563
And available upgrades have been checked 0.062
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.782
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.684
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.443
And I enable persistence 8.175
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 12.215
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.406
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.426
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.165
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:16.779
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.350
And I enable persistence 8.583
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 10.899
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.990
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.144
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010