Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4488 10 Jul 2026, 11:13

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 14:29.208 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
1:41.503
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.982
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.432
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.364
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.985
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.461
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 47.512
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.228
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.492
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.375
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.558
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.895
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.698
And I enable persistence 19.179
And I log in to a new session 8.883
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.580
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.566
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.692
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.995
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.191
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.515
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 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.262
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.409
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541
When I start Synaptic 12.286
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.395
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.856
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.401
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.548
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.403
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.633
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.945
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.783
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.396
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.092
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 1:16.394
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 8.345
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.662
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.876
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.492
And I enable persistence 8.950
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 9.509
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.550
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.510
And available upgrades have been checked 1.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.961
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.439
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.335
And I enable persistence 9.146
# 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 0.008
And I log in to a new session 10.051
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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 14.944
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.392
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.526
And I enable persistence 10.048
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 8.872
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.865
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.913
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034