Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4060 07 Nov 2025, 20:46

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 20:42.958 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
2:29.522
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:59.998
And I update APT using apt 6.924
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.425
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.018
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.989
And I update APT using apt 5.682
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 7.658
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.252
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.213
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.331
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.068
And I enable persistence 24.481
And I log in to a new session 13.728
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.307
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.944
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.735
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:3.827
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.325
And I update APT using apt 5.713
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.359
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.190
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.403
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.222
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.642
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
When I start Synaptic 13.772
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.049
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.236
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.621
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.750
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.732
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.798
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.088
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.942
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.531
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:33.083
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.867
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.879
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.535
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.760
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.140
And I enable persistence 8.024
# 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 0.028
# 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 0.093
And I log in to a new session 13.849
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.474
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.071
And Tor is ready 13.825
And available upgrades have been checked 1.146
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.760
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.757
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.781
And I enable persistence 8.411
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 13.890
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.951
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 24.898
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:58.327
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:10.980
And I enable persistence 20.411
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 13.277
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.769
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.069
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010