Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4472 29 Jun 2026, 11:18

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 15:6.355 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
1:47.392
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 1:20.260
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.849
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.333
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.128
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.409
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.370
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.523
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.347
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.080
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.750
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.463
And I enable persistence 19.166
And I log in to a new session 10.629
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.130
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.598
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.620
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.458
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 a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.725
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.206
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.231
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 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.755
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.002
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.410
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.543
When I start Synaptic 12.356
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.405
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.587
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.753
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.415
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.237
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.165
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.025
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.411
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:51.167
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.485
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 8.987
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.695
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.140
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.188
And I enable persistence 10.378
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 10.355
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.204
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 13.110
And available upgrades have been checked 1.116
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.012
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.026
And I enable persistence 9.910
# 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 10.695
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.352
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.559
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.172
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.179
And I enable persistence 10.792
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 10.231
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.713
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.102
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006