Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4058 06 Nov 2025, 14:01

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 21:48.933 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
2:39.758
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 1:59.355
And I update APT using apt 15.960
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.887
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.196
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 15.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:55.243
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.255
And I update APT using apt 5.999
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.408
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.492
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.607
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.289
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.752
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:15.983
And I enable persistence 20.271
And I log in to a new session 12.981
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.273
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.817
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.873
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 11.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.008
Given a computer 0.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:17.257
And I update APT using apt 7.240
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.302
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.264
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 6.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:27.771
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:54.583
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.870
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.585
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.544
When I start Synaptic 14.330
And I update APT using Synaptic 23.356
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.270
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.635
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.566
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.677
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.730
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.930
When I install "cowsay" using apt 5.077
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.603
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 2.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:32.131
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 0.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.597
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 8.530
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.486
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.479
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.061
And I enable persistence 10.093
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 10.918
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.439
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.085
# 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 0.208
And the network is plugged 0.103
And Tor is ready 12.660
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.281
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.748
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.643
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.431
And I enable persistence 7.800
# 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 13.415
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.366
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 23.374
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.171
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 2.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.612
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 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.356
And I enable persistence 8.135
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.148
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.041
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.193
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014