Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4056 05 Nov 2025, 19:42

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 22:17.084 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
3:59.118
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.016
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:58.284
And I update APT using apt 11.683
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.800
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.034
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 1:39.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 32.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:37.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
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 58.010
And I update APT using apt 6.718
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.278
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.101
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.735
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.216
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.885
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.836
And I enable persistence 21.159
And I log in to a new session 11.770
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.317
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.819
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.714
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 11.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:28.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007
Given a computer 0.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:12.476
And I update APT using apt 5.410
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.315
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.232
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:0.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:32.642
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.354
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.629
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.624
When I start Synaptic 13.609
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.042
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.780
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.751
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.857
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.675
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.669
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.920
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.981
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.701
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:32.670
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 0.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.426
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 8.834
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.461
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.675
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.660
And I enable persistence 7.798
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 13.250
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.404
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.078
And Tor is ready 12.773
And available upgrades have been checked 1.142
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.408
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.985
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.757
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.624
And I enable persistence 7.902
# 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 0.027
And I log in to a new session 13.204
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.325
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 23.260
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.289
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.529
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.667
And I enable persistence 8.209
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.081
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 12.705
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.735
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.340
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011