Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4594 03 Sep 2026, 20:20

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 14:6.061 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
1:55.476
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:31.689
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.299
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.180
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.833
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 45.044
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.308
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.619
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.110
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.575
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.892
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.377
And I enable persistence 21.177
And I log in to a new session 8.785
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.344
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.386
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.574
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.556
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 a computer 0.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.413
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.662
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.184
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.127
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.267
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.061
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
When I start Synaptic 11.700
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.982
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.837
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.530
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.537
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.004
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.763
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.122
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.558
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.017
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.833
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 5.403
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.919
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.574
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.119
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.815
And I enable persistence 10.678
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 8.259
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.509
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.865
And available upgrades have been checked 0.058
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.968
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.406
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.857
And I enable persistence 11.303
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 8.411
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.141
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 15.214
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.954
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.180
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.731
And I enable persistence 11.400
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 7.995
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.672
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.006
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.047