Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4052 04 Nov 2025, 12:39

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 20:57.191 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
2:27.726
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:59.205
And I update APT using apt 7.884
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.341
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.878
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.963
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:19.501
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 1:29.521
And I update APT using apt 5.848
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.380
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.298
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.346
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.349
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.578
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.255
And I enable persistence 23.234
And I log in to a new session 13.440
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.261
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.895
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.862
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 11.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.667
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.008
Given a computer 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.530
And I update APT using apt 5.275
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.324
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.243
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.886
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:15.427
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.249
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.672
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
When I start Synaptic 14.143
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.852
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.809
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.652
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.579
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.982
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.822
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.877
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.681
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:47.303
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.689
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 9.072
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.337
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.702
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.826
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.501
And I enable persistence 8.961
# 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 0.109
And I log in to a new session 12.909
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.431
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.061
And Tor is ready 12.907
And available upgrades have been checked 1.153
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.686
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.932
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.793
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.842
And I enable persistence 8.128
# 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 11.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.442
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 23.880
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.173
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.106
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 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.652
And I enable persistence 7.978
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 12.902
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.751
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.050
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009