Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4410 22 May 2026, 11:20

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 14:37.727 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
1:45.616
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.864
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.550
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.251
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.179
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.029
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.564
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.666
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.440
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.844
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.863
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.333
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.309
And I enable persistence 16.420
And I log in to a new session 10.879
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.675
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.627
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.075
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.104
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.447
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.178
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.433
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.585
When I start Synaptic 12.503
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.418
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.226
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.520
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.249
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.256
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.723
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.919
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.476
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:42.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.996
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 8.771
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.771
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.350
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.914
And I enable persistence 6.730
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.242
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.230
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.922
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.028
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.351
And I enable persistence 5.747
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.625
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.494
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.463
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.826
And I enable persistence 5.853
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 9.908
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.657
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.103
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006