Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4434 06 Jun 2026, 11:12

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 14:55.496 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
1:45.904
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.480
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.182
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.043
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.338
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
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 51.524
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.762
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.465
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.898
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.760
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.814
And I enable persistence 17.172
And I log in to a new session 9.615
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.673
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.601
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.928
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.968
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.326
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 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.730
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.837
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.245
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.426
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
When I start Synaptic 12.404
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.707
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.410
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.293
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.403
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.863
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.402
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.205
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 a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.522
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 8.753
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.019
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.157
And I enable persistence 6.424
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 11.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.234
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.748
And available upgrades have been checked 3.251
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.432
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.676
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.339
And I enable persistence 7.070
# 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 10.658
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 17.904
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.681
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.166
And I enable persistence 6.632
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.068
And I log in to a new session 9.862
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.635
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.189
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006