Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4452 16 Jun 2026, 17:49

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 14:59.278 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
1:49.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.614
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.392
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.455
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.368
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.846
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.198
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.040
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.391
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.150
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.647
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.498
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.729
And I enable persistence 19.628
And I log in to a new session 10.521
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.168
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.778
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.725
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.348
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.920
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.312
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.262
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given a computer 0.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.832
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.218
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.415
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.697
When I start Synaptic 12.736
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.519
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.069
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.645
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.405
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.291
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.168
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.918
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.406
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.602
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.281
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.840
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.827
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.612
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.844
And I enable persistence 10.587
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 10.073
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.805
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.489
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.592
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.765
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.501
And I enable persistence 10.269
# 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 11.207
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.127
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017
Given a computer 0.154
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.858
And I enable persistence 10.768
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
And I log in to a new session 10.098
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.647
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.675
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021