Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4446 14 Jun 2026, 11:22

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 15:8.364 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
1:48.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.774
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.157
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.457
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.005
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.683
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.419
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.370
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.393
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.964
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.975
And I enable persistence 20.023
And I log in to a new session 10.185
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.550
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.660
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.599
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.369
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.806
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.960
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.237
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given a computer 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.584
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.478
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.711
When I start Synaptic 12.370
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.357
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.101
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.606
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.334
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.194
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.859
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.410
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.938
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.190
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 9.257
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.825
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.457
And I enable persistence 10.559
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 10.485
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.215
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.963
And available upgrades have been checked 1.183
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.054
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.605
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.272
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.587
And I enable persistence 10.907
# 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 10.534
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 17.298
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.687
And I enable persistence 10.274
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 11.561
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.602
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.997
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017