Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4054 05 Nov 2025, 12:36

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 20:6.989 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
2:32.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:0.653
And I update APT using apt 7.801
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.416
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.364
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.054
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 1:1.594
And I update APT using apt 6.333
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.316
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.929
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.012
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.461
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.810
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.987
And I enable persistence 21.646
And I log in to a new session 12.171
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.745
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.050
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.731
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.707
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 an administration password 1:45.751
And I update APT using apt 5.267
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.261
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.186
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.679
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 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:16.751
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.270
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.667
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
When I start Synaptic 13.390
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.856
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.933
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.679
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.775
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.596
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
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 3.899
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.028
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.592
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.573
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:23.491
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 0.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.664
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.712
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.728
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.818
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.592
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.860
And I enable persistence 9.938
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 12.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.423
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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 13.145
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.418
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.171
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.409
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.934
And I enable persistence 7.684
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.320
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.441
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 23.144
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.213
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.617
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 0.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.663
And I enable persistence 8.376
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 14.047
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.381
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.310
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019