Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4057 06 Nov 2025, 09:48

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 21:6.226 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
2:43.035
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 2:3.873
And I update APT using apt 9.866
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.442
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.903
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 17.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 15.969
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:1.239
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 1:2.821
And I update APT using apt 6.416
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.608
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.013
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.429
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.043
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.088
And I enable persistence 28.456
And I log in to a new session 13.312
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.428
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.910
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.956
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:3.882
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 0.401
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:47.350
And I update APT using apt 5.460
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.290
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.316
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 15.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.119
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 0.199
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.640
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.206
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.788
When I start Synaptic 14.237
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.390
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.950
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.797
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.948
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.549
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.750
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.051
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.668
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:44.684
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.635
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 9.125
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.540
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.757
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.345
And I enable persistence 8.214
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.099
And I log in to a new session 14.008
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.522
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 14.539
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.287
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.875
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.688
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.603
And I enable persistence 8.940
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 15.367
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.418
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.075
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 25.222
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.265
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 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.512
And I enable persistence 10.155
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
# 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 13.801
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.659
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.359
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009