Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4390 11 May 2026, 19:45

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 15:53.531 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
1:52.294
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 1:24.660
And I update APT using apt 7.487
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.553
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.672
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.455
And I update APT using apt 6.318
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.155
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.400
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.324
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.372
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.140
And I enable persistence 17.176
And I log in to a new session 11.893
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.193
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.882
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.906
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:33.848
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:18.005
And I update APT using apt 5.104
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.279
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.239
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.979
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:13.349
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 0.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.854
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.343
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.454
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I start Synaptic 12.997
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.140
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.219
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.965
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.786
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.316
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.941
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.994
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.495
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.491
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.216
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.705
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.043
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.003
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.650
And I enable persistence 7.823
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 12.190
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.107
# 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 0.099
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 12.792
And available upgrades have been checked 2.214
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.640
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.746
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.900
And I enable persistence 7.227
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 14.183
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.219
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 18.483
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.381
And I enable persistence 8.102
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 10.777
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.801
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.601
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008