Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4516 28 Jul 2026, 11:28

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 15:45.569 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
1:53.909
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.588
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.394
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.411
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.284
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.365
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.548
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.689
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.826
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.197
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.652
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.693
And I enable persistence 21.612
And I log in to a new session 10.269
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.161
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.712
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.695
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.822
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.706
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.273
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.325
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.159
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.202
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.423
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.571
When I start Synaptic 12.445
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.181
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.754
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.785
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.229
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.267
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.395
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.913
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.438
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.660
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.212
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.503
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.034
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.779
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.420
And I enable persistence 11.614
# 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 0.028
# 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 0.097
And I log in to a new session 10.549
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.253
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.083
# 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 0.015
And Tor is ready 11.546
And available upgrades have been checked 1.147
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.097
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.537
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.043
And I enable persistence 11.183
# 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 12.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 15.776
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:15.057
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.976
And I enable persistence 11.174
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.069
And I log in to a new session 10.015
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.810
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.520
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007