Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4044 30 Oct 2025, 18:24

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 20:56.211 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
2:24.038
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:53.053
And I update APT using apt 7.721
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.492
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.940
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.384
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:1.949
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 1:1.881
And I update APT using apt 7.875
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.505
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.169
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.747
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.873
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.350
And I enable persistence 28.248
And I log in to a new session 15.547
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.232
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.188
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.741
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:10.826
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 0.248
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:49.989
And I update APT using apt 7.865
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.333
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 6.321
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.047
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.569
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.430
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.829
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.679
When I start Synaptic 14.577
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.007
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.759
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.247
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.777
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.685
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.898
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.663
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.061
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.248
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.705
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:45.843
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.124
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 9.610
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.296
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.859
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.703
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.499
And I enable persistence 8.551
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.709
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.112
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 14.408
And available upgrades have been checked 0.065
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.975
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.755
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.744
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.010
And I enable persistence 8.438
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 13.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.806
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 24.198
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 2.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.079
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" with network unplugged 1:6.950
And I enable persistence 8.518
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 13.625
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.485
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.584
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020