Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4501 20 Jul 2026, 17:59

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 14:47.982 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
1:47.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:20.313
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.214
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.356
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.375
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.782
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 47.180
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.109
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.240
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.527
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.724
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.683
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.362
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.740
And I enable persistence 18.400
And I log in to a new session 10.171
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.706
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.622
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.070
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 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.863
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.534
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.339
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.377
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 0.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.295
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.186
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.409
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.559
When I start Synaptic 12.674
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.474
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.855
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.436
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.616
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.718
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.667
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.309
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.023
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:41.986
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.822
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 8.590
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.788
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.348
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.329
And I enable persistence 10.359
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 10.035
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.263
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.894
And available upgrades have been checked 1.100
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.428
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.403
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.367
And I enable persistence 10.449
# 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 9.886
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.998
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.844
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.049
And I enable persistence 9.756
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.066
And I log in to a new session 9.213
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.634
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.026
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005