Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4376 05 May 2026, 11:10

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 15:19.040 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
1:49.572
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.739
And I update APT using apt 6.547
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.025
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.429
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.685
And I update APT using apt 5.800
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.876
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.033
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.121
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.562
And I enable persistence 17.228
And I log in to a new session 10.852
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.148
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.774
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.820
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 10.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.336
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 0.128
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.538
And I update APT using apt 5.168
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.280
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.011
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.684
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.548
When I start Synaptic 12.539
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.548
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.357
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.507
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.429
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.675
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.349
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.601
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.984
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.418
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:58.609
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:20.001
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 9.240
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.949
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.707
And I enable persistence 6.985
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 10.229
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.106
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.536
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.540
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.357
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.402
And I enable persistence 6.596
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.579
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.241
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 18.621
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.081
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.132
And I enable persistence 6.748
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.070
And I log in to a new session 11.047
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.655
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.263
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011