Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4493 14 Jul 2026, 11:17

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 14:43.091 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
1:41.436
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 1:17.361
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.326
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.297
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.686
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.902
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:44.066
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 47.487
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.903
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.955
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.322
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.615
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.919
And I enable persistence 17.163
And I log in to a new session 9.944
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.559
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.583
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.415
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.108
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.807
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.234
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.141
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:16.546
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 1:59.390
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.201
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.604
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.493
When I start Synaptic 12.248
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.370
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.819
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.402
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.591
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.399
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.484
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.835
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.772
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.381
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:37.821
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 1:16.315
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 8.336
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.761
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.609
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.635
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.023
And I enable persistence 8.850
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 9.482
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.221
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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 12.570
And available upgrades have been checked 1.106
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.451
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.504
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.620
And I enable persistence 9.043
# 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 10.335
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.164
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.102
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.804
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 35.859
And I enable persistence 9.902
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
And I log in to a new session 9.489
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.569
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.822
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005