Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4043 30 Oct 2025, 12:18

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 20:37.814 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
2:32.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:59.133
And I update APT using apt 7.730
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.591
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.562
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:2.534
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:2.236
And I update APT using apt 6.750
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.375
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.538
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 29.081
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.333
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.277
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.805
And I enable persistence 26.658
And I log in to a new session 14.181
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.300
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.034
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.735
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:3.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.655
And I update APT using apt 5.919
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.362
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.267
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.331
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.033
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.190
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.175
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.787
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I start Synaptic 13.864
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.180
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.607
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.688
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.694
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.670
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.790
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.683
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.187
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.998
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.578
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.390
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:32.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.019
Given a computer 0.377
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.640
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 9.212
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.388
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.699
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.873
And I enable persistence 7.744
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.886
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.389
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.079
And Tor is ready 13.763
And available upgrades have been checked 0.072
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.455
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.767
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.778
And I enable persistence 8.170
# 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 0.019
And I log in to a new session 13.204
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.285
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 23.979
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.165
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.864
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.488
And I enable persistence 8.099
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 12.976
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.562
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.992
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009