Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4469 26 Jun 2026, 11:20

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 15:12.288 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
1:46.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.380
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.260
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.232
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.853
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.695
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.304
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.082
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.709
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.792
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.294
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.479
And I enable persistence 21.808
And I log in to a new session 11.902
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.681
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:25.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.860
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.819
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.308
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.197
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.321
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.183
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.673
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.567
When I start Synaptic 12.205
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.540
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.636
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.446
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.687
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.342
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.338
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.898
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.445
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:53.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.459
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 8.812
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.069
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.039
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.843
And I enable persistence 9.610
# 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 0.084
And I log in to a new session 10.372
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 0.065
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.560
And available upgrades have been checked 1.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.975
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.539
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.155
And I enable persistence 10.713
# 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 10.293
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.489
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 17.012
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.082
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.030
And I enable persistence 10.505
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 11.626
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.610
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.112
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006