Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4053 05 Nov 2025, 09:13

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 19:20.553 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
2:13.566
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 1:44.420
And I update APT using apt 8.649
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.368
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.959
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.004
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 58.152
And I update APT using apt 6.625
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.955
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.561
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.216
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.336
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.410
And I enable persistence 20.243
And I log in to a new session 12.030
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.363
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.836
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.717
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.535
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 0.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.961
And I update APT using apt 6.722
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.307
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.258
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.063
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:37.772
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 0.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.727
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.780
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
When I start Synaptic 13.379
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.002
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.685
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.637
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.549
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.982
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.703
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.762
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.965
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.580
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:12.226
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 0.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.029
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 9.667
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.496
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.224
And I enable persistence 8.028
# 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 0.020
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 11.087
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.386
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.434
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.771
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.314
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:2.987
And I enable persistence 6.885
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.111
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.769
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 24.097
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.447
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 0.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.714
And I enable persistence 7.983
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 12.552
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.479
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.956
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008