Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4059 07 Nov 2025, 12:14

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 20:37.396 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
2:35.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 2:4.600
And I update APT using apt 7.980
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.316
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.643
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:22.794
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:32.178
And I update APT using apt 6.080
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.402
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.981
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.590
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.351
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.084
And I enable persistence 19.555
And I log in to a new session 16.004
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.267
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.441
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.869
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.950
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 0.210
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.344
And I update APT using apt 5.762
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.287
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.255
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:39.636
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.366
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.492
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
When I start Synaptic 13.440
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.901
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.142
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.851
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.569
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.608
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.074
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.032
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.246
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.569
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:22.593
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 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.391
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.465
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.343
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.673
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.628
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.950
And I enable persistence 7.580
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 12.286
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.354
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 12.689
And available upgrades have been checked 0.081
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.519
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.884
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.964
And I enable persistence 8.497
# 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 12.661
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.707
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 23.629
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.167
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.999
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 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.584
And I enable persistence 7.735
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.529
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.687
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.753
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009