Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4422 30 May 2026, 11:09

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 14:16.065 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
1:47.274
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 1:21.257
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.618
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.391
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:37.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.674
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.309
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.535
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.553
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.599
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.962
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.772
And I enable persistence 15.230
And I log in to a new session 9.558
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.220
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.607
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.579
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.640
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 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.770
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.342
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.160
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.405
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 a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.453
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.732
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.505
When I start Synaptic 12.032
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.098
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.740
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.434
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.626
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.264
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.971
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.821
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.239
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.347
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.545
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 9.074
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.822
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.845
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.448
And I enable persistence 6.457
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 9.107
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.241
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.012
And Tor is ready 12.368
And available upgrades have been checked 1.135
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.513
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.495
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.531
And I enable persistence 5.469
# 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 10.247
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.346
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.423
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 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.551
And I enable persistence 6.674
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 9.286
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.600
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.159
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006