Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4419 27 May 2026, 19:27

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 14:36.972 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
1:44.102
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 1:17.787
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.589
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.070
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.927
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.480
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.414
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.399
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.140
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.693
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.307
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.834
And I enable persistence 15.872
And I log in to a new session 9.889
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.666
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.667
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.445
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.789
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.087
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.481
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 a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.079
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.265
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.418
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.629
When I start Synaptic 12.894
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.971
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.757
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.754
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.266
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.434
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.891
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.470
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.446
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.634
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.954
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.002
And I enable persistence 6.827
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 9.206
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.537
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 11.737
And available upgrades have been checked 1.123
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.144
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.549
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.964
And I enable persistence 6.989
# 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 10.560
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.843
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.545
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.518
And I enable persistence 6.582
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 10.550
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.795
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.943
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007