Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4049 03 Nov 2025, 09:35

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 20:17.846 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
2:20.661
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 1:53.975
And I update APT using apt 7.053
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.222
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:39.405
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.003
And I update APT using apt 6.194
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.285
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.196
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.665
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.174
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.292
And I enable persistence 20.139
And I log in to a new session 11.913
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.664
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.791
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.742
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 11.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:55.570
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.016
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.031
Given a computer 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:41.585
And I update APT using apt 5.251
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.264
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.193
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:35.162
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 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:11.945
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.656
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.639
When I start Synaptic 13.286
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.820
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.610
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.693
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.794
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.601
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.725
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.642
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.763
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.010
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.620
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:10.019
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 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.846
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 9.041
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.499
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.295
And I enable persistence 8.127
# 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
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 11.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.748
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.055
And Tor is ready 42.190
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.674
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.736
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.595
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.782
And I enable persistence 8.146
# 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
And I log in to a new session 21.836
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 21.653
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 27.105
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.145
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.138
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.018
Given a computer 0.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.063
And I enable persistence 7.594
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.099
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 12.741
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.362
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.300
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031