Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4040 29 Oct 2025, 09:10

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 22:1.826 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
2:44.221
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 2:13.207
And I update APT using apt 7.126
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.311
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.461
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:39.982
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.150
And I update APT using apt 6.339
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.409
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.024
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.337
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.739
And I enable persistence 22.868
And I log in to a new session 12.405
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.792
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.853
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.784
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:3.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.423
And I update APT using apt 5.840
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.366
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.241
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:41.849
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:16.601
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.253
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.694
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.758
When I start Synaptic 13.924
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.073
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.326
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.654
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.826
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.256
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.607
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.818
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.711
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.437
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.032
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.662
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:12.193
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 0.212
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.375
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.105
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.279
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.111
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.237
And I enable persistence 8.107
# 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 0.033
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.686
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.490
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.073
# 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 0.102
And the network is plugged 0.096
And Tor is ready 12.874
And available upgrades have been checked 1.136
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.207
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.853
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:3.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.492
And I enable persistence 8.100
# 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 13.489
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.424
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 23.311
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.356
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given a computer 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.936
And I enable persistence 8.418
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 13.294
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.417
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.421
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.001
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010