Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4373 04 May 2026, 10:59

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 14:46.097 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
1:47.124
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
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 1:18.918
And I update APT using apt 7.156
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.970
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.751
And I update APT using apt 5.627
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.020
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.645
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.062
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.649
And I enable persistence 17.770
And I log in to a new session 10.955
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.135
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.720
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.647
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.419
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.273
And I update APT using apt 5.639
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.241
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.136
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.872
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.526
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
When I start Synaptic 12.607
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.632
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.752
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.339
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.081
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.906
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:40.601
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.128
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.765
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.749
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.382
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.179
And I enable persistence 6.913
# 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 0.079
And I log in to a new session 10.466
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.092
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.923
And available upgrades have been checked 2.173
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.583
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.616
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.282
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.641
And I enable persistence 7.043
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 10.343
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.789
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.823
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.037
And I enable persistence 6.970
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.435
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.855
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.354
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024