Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4277 13 Mar 2026, 07:36

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 14:35.122 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
1:44.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.479
And I update APT using apt 5.638
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.219
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.667
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.418
And I update APT using apt 4.984
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.308
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.464
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.115
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.772
And I enable persistence 15.897
And I log in to a new session 10.507
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.707
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.715
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.634
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.386
And I update APT using apt 4.706
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 2.150
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.746
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.337
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.187
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.426
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
When I start Synaptic 12.569
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.168
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.426
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.906
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.440
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.299
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.330
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.296
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.277
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 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 1:18.013
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.694
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.753
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.391
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.725
And I enable persistence 6.868
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.427
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.542
And available upgrades have been checked 0.055
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.059
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.875
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.790
And I enable persistence 6.620
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 10.504
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.500
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.420
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.037
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.186
And I enable persistence 6.388
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.576
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.632
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 2.998
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037