Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4045 31 Oct 2025, 10:04

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 21:34.371 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
2:36.031
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 2:1.444
And I update APT using apt 8.800
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 9.485
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.961
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.929
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:4.815
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.210
And I update APT using apt 7.159
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.985
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 32.370
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.428
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.422
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.766
And I enable persistence 25.190
And I log in to a new session 15.450
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.303
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.109
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.817
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:10.328
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 0.289
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.453
And I update APT using apt 6.934
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.328
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.256
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:0.126
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 0.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:27.280
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.687
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.676
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.734
When I start Synaptic 15.059
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.415
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.389
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.742
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.627
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.272
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.695
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.946
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.737
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.842
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.040
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.729
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:57.205
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 a computer 0.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.078
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.469
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.875
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.845
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.646
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.876
And I enable persistence 9.707
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 12.626
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.517
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.153
And Tor is ready 16.132
And available upgrades have been checked 0.077
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.858
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.837
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.912
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.149
And I enable persistence 9.923
# 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 0.026
And I log in to a new session 13.911
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.323
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 33.486
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.146
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.718
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:45.864
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 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.453
And I enable persistence 9.597
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 14.124
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.702
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.124
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009