Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4425 01 Jun 2026, 17:32

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 15:30.990 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
1:50.192
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:23.216
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.005
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.485
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.334
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.014
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.916
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.430
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.383
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.928
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.904
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.672
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.354
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.769
And I enable persistence 15.771
And I log in to a new session 12.750
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.621
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.908
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.786
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.735
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.545
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.558
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.311
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.354
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.093
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.430
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.701
When I start Synaptic 12.671
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.606
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.743
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.492
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.429
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.701
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.294
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.402
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.876
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.236
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.449
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.547
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 9.678
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.899
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.625
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.254
And I enable persistence 7.240
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 11.922
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.584
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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.965
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 0.698
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.558
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.558
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.890
And I enable persistence 6.837
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 11.628
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.589
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 17.669
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 1.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.193
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.454
And I enable persistence 7.169
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 11.016
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.819
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.485
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007