Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4062 09 Nov 2025, 12:11

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 20:31.957 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
2:44.372
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:1.217
And I update APT using apt 17.705
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.915
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.764
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:46.728
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.874
And I update APT using apt 6.211
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.277
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.300
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.297
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.381
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.408
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.945
And I enable persistence 22.745
And I log in to a new session 12.865
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.354
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.013
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.813
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:49.385
And I update APT using apt 6.062
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.313
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.779
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.833
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 0.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.246
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.613
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686
When I start Synaptic 13.480
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.990
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.554
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.663
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.753
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.588
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.687
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.590
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.955
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.639
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:32.890
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:52.047
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.258
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.996
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.800
And I enable persistence 8.167
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.418
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.345
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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 12.462
And available upgrades have been checked 1.144
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.280
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.949
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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 13.313
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.375
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 23.743
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.198
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.333
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.655
And I enable persistence 7.952
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 11.973
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.672
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.354
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009