Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4378 05 May 2026, 16:27

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 14:52.598 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
1:46.657
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 1:21.166
And I update APT using apt 6.365
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.650
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.772
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 47.850
And I update APT using apt 5.608
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.381
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.470
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.898
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.085
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.549
And I enable persistence 16.859
And I log in to a new session 10.286
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.152
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.684
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.690
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.915
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.792
And I update APT using apt 4.550
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.255
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:12.465
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 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.235
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.320
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.452
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
When I start Synaptic 12.430
And I update APT using Synaptic 23.813
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.517
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.374
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.114
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.847
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.282
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.420
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.718
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.418
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.502
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.758
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.090
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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 9.957
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.593
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.892
And available upgrades have been checked 3.243
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.479
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.936
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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 10.125
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.239
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 16.772
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.072
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.069
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 a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.649
And I enable persistence 6.731
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 9.678
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.804
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.042
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006