Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4375 05 May 2026, 11:00

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 14:12.162 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
1:44.881
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.089
And I update APT using apt 6.118
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.219
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.389
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:41.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.590
And I update APT using apt 5.386
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.294
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.531
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.852
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.039
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.330
And I enable persistence 15.335
And I log in to a new session 9.938
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.670
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.626
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.563
And I update APT using apt 4.568
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.143
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.865
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.734
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.147
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.412
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
When I start Synaptic 12.146
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.441
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.991
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.443
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.554
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.420
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.246
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.039
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.828
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.413
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.234
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 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.501
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 8.564
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.722
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.640
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.450
And I enable persistence 6.534
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.634
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
# 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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 13.229
And available upgrades have been checked 2.179
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.429
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.444
And I enable persistence 5.390
# 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 9.617
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.525
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 16.902
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.549
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.778
And I enable persistence 5.402
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 9.734
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.615
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.835
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007