Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4036 25 Oct 2025, 11:58

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 6 0 6 19:48.288 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
2:17.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:45.524
And I update APT using apt 8.073
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.308
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.417
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:37.877
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 55.409
And I update APT using apt 6.225
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.424
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.685
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.624
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.364
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.732
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.557
And I enable persistence 23.279
And I log in to a new session 12.378
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.342
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.923
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.699
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.772
And I update APT using apt 5.534
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.353
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.278
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:14.568
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.362
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.579
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.663
When I start Synaptic 13.426
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.811
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.697
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.718
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.610
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.652
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.984
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.644
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:35.370
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.284
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.248
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.981
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.556
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:2.491
And I enable persistence 7.759
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 11.764
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.336
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 13.079
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.361
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.751
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:2.815
And I enable persistence 7.971
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 12.895
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.693
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.102
And Tor is ready 41.844
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.163
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:35.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.078
And I enable persistence 7.719
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.051
And I log in to a new session 12.100
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.892
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.919
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008