Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4462 20 Jun 2026, 11:21

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 14:35.097 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
1:42.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.023
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.810
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.950
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.887
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.383
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.649
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.844
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.785
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.641
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.948
And I enable persistence 18.655
And I log in to a new session 9.530
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.469
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.769
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.607
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013
Given a computer 0.128
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.501
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.819
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.244
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.183
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 6.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.806
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 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.301
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.440
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.479
When I start Synaptic 12.313
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.589
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.953
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.415
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.575
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.351
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.981
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.817
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.423
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.483
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.047
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018
Given a computer 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.605
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 8.326
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.694
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.648
And I enable persistence 9.199
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.678
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.211
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 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.433
And available upgrades have been checked 1.112
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 2.487
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.099
And I enable persistence 9.005
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 10.161
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.612
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.605
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.069
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.506
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.817
And I enable persistence 9.876
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 9.087
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 5.883
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015