Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4562 20 Aug 2026, 11:20

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 14:16.599 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
1:44.481
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 1:19.045
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.604
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.357
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.496
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.405
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.406
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.432
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.204
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.220
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.792
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.682
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.665
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.034
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.174
And I enable persistence 19.421
And I log in to a new session 7.256
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.386
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.468
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.556
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:19.857
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 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.516
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.774
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.211
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.696
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.585
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.134
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.546
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
When I start Synaptic 11.704
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.134
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.364
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.520
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.141
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.099
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.300
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.810
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.308
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.473
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 5.441
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.978
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.557
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.986
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.042
And I enable persistence 13.372
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 7.230
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.373
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 12.618
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.304
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.710
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.650
And I enable persistence 12.173
# 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 7.700
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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 15.602
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.071
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.567
And I enable persistence 11.796
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 7.612
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.539
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.933
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047