Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4451 16 Jun 2026, 14:07

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 15:41.897 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
1:50.836
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.462
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.625
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.445
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.285
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.152
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.623
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.521
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.241
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.783
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.345
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.301
And I enable persistence 20.545
And I log in to a new session 10.907
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.181
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.664
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.684
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.153
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.866
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.703
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.230
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 9.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.147
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
When I start Synaptic 12.688
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.655
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.632
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.424
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.536
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.681
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.447
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.196
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.900
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.324
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.456
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:7.425
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.090
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.073
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.105
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.866
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.135
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.000
And I enable persistence 10.962
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 11.957
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.745
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.073
# 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 0.096
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.916
And available upgrades have been checked 1.133
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.508
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.107
And I enable persistence 10.684
# 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 11.738
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.221
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.568
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.064
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:12.330
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.904
And I enable persistence 11.804
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.074
And I log in to a new session 12.081
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.830
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.419
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008