Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4037 27 Oct 2025, 21:32

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 20:59.017 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
2:18.706
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 1:44.792
And I update APT using apt 11.654
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 7.157
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.531
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.131
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.773
And I update APT using apt 6.412
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.421
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.816
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.867
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.246
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.472
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.002
And I enable persistence 23.400
And I log in to a new session 15.158
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.285
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 3.093
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.939
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:10.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:53.469
And I update APT using apt 5.587
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.488
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.378
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.118
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 0.286
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.459
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.320
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.563
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I start Synaptic 13.991
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.038
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.791
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.300
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.986
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.677
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.732
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.644
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.897
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.096
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.247
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.654
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:9.099
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 0.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.072
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.770
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.552
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.935
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.867
And I enable persistence 9.279
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 14.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.502
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 14.404
And available upgrades have been checked 0.053
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.751
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.765
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.014
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.827
And I enable persistence 8.011
# 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 14.819
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.416
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 43.161
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.222
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 2.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.734
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.389
And I enable persistence 8.801
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.094
# 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 0.137
And I log in to a new session 12.944
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.128
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.465
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008