Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4385 08 May 2026, 20:09

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 14:15.851 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
1:43.168
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 1:17.914
And I update APT using apt 6.008
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.472
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.538
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 47.413
And I update APT using apt 5.520
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.262
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.918
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.297
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.943
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.535
And I enable persistence 15.438
And I log in to a new session 10.465
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.589
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.641
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.185
And I update APT using apt 4.721
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.227
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.063
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.299
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.145
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.607
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.486
When I start Synaptic 12.426
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.549
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.674
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.426
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.477
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.276
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.113
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.909
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.254
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.403
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.408
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.488
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.935
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 8.766
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.699
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.568
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.913
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.301
And I enable persistence 5.203
# 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 10.334
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.205
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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.106
And available upgrades have been checked 1.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.937
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.596
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.247
And I enable persistence 5.847
# 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 10.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.165
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 14.975
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.166
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.563
And I enable persistence 6.247
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 9.718
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.183
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.913
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006