Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4409 22 May 2026, 07:51

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 14:33.943 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
1:45.922
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.956
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.556
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.521
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.449
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.146
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.546
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.331
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.403
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.524
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.672
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.171
And I enable persistence 17.572
And I log in to a new session 11.129
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.618
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.765
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.261
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.260
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.196
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.895
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.480
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.525
When I start Synaptic 12.262
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.740
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.266
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.528
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.592
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.384
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.220
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.798
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.417
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.553
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 8.592
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.823
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.417
And I enable persistence 6.539
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 9.258
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.720
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.060
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.304
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.805
And I enable persistence 6.897
# 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 10.705
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 17.031
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.730
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.202
And I enable persistence 6.465
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 10.196
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.762
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.882
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013