Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4061 08 Nov 2025, 12:03

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 20:29.404 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
2:43.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:8.914
And I update APT using apt 8.451
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.338
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 6.118
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.242
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.204
And I update APT using apt 7.230
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.923
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.129
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.374
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.750
And I enable persistence 28.680
And I log in to a new session 14.393
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.309
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.066
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.107
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:13.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.274
And I update APT using apt 14.310
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.819
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.307
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:35.246
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 2.220
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:8.366
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.191
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.555
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.682
When I start Synaptic 13.993
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.847
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.384
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.636
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.526
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.974
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.632
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.815
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.949
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.581
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:22.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 1.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.987
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.563
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.598
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.988
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.679
And I enable persistence 7.723
# 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 0.019
# 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 12.726
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.320
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 12.955
And available upgrades have been checked 0.072
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.513
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.800
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.152
And I enable persistence 8.406
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 12.659
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.407
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 22.924
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.147
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.978
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.285
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.616
And I enable persistence 8.215
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 12.669
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.472
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.168
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.435
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.894
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009