Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4489 11 Jul 2026, 11:15

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 14:31.859 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
1:41.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.910
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.991
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.858
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.416
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 45.892
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.734
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.260
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.038
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.050
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.629
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.845
And I enable persistence 19.733
And I log in to a new session 9.827
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.123
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.644
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.606
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.394
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 an administration password 1:7.977
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.845
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.296
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.869
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.880
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.601
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
When I start Synaptic 12.014
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.057
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.296
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.478
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.658
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.181
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.943
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.803
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.376
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.695
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 1:18.124
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 8.521
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.658
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.533
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.868
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.816
And I enable persistence 9.647
# 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 0.009
# 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 8.219
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.179
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.444
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.474
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.522
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.664
And I enable persistence 9.063
# 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 9.814
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.169
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 17.606
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.733
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" with network unplugged 35.377
And I enable persistence 10.252
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 9.224
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.420
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.983
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005