Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4504 21 Jul 2026, 18:34

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 15:24.559 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
1:54.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 1:25.721
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.598
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.437
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.692
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.162
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.570
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.645
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.018
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.176
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.348
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.689
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.674
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.231
And I enable persistence 21.414
And I log in to a new session 11.154
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.144
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.760
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.880
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.146
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.359
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.258
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.416
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.286
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.265
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:10.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.382
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.518
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.498
When I start Synaptic 13.053
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.642
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.095
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.810
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.906
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.374
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.862
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.523
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:43.505
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 a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.242
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.976
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.327
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.654
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.016
And I enable persistence 10.373
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 10.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.245
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.199
And available upgrades have been checked 2.175
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.516
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.407
And I enable persistence 12.000
# 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 10.004
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.242
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.668
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.218
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.693
And I enable persistence 9.500
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
And I log in to a new session 10.125
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.628
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.064
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007