Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4047 01 Nov 2025, 12:15

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 21:50.325 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
2:37.349
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.506
And I update APT using apt 6.987
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.259
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 17.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:0.294
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:4.802
And I update APT using apt 6.917
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.400
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.672
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 27.008
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.402
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.919
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.996
And I enable persistence 25.701
And I log in to a new session 13.922
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.376
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.159
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.789
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:8.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.009
Given a computer 0.243
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:51.443
And I update APT using apt 5.396
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.329
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.536
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.300
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:25.876
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 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.230
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.677
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.777
When I start Synaptic 15.364
And I update APT using Synaptic 58.245
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.650
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.628
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.764
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.759
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.731
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.990
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.367
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.821
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:56.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.777
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 9.471
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.756
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.871
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.789
And I enable persistence 9.818
# 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
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 14.261
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.403
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.084
And Tor is ready 15.788
And available upgrades have been checked 0.071
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.701
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.727
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.546
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.064
And I enable persistence 9.705
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 14.577
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.407
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.143
And Tor is ready 26.072
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.193
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 2.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:41.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.417
And I enable persistence 9.022
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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 13.502
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.228
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.852
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009