Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4063 10 Nov 2025, 12:15

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 20:49.219 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
2:44.393
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 2:2.153
And I update APT using apt 17.109
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.910
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.088
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:1.854
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.258
And I update APT using apt 6.257
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.363
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.975
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.301
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.342
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:10.694
And I enable persistence 33.635
And I log in to a new session 14.807
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.770
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.174
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.845
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:58.967
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 0.253
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.992
And I update APT using apt 5.078
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.417
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.367
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:41.946
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 a computer 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.622
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.209
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.669
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.783
When I start Synaptic 13.395
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.838
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.441
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.269
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.559
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.713
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.650
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.926
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.977
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.550
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:43.959
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.210
Given a computer 0.899
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.009
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.697
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.401
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.546
And I enable persistence 7.859
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 13.424
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.305
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 14.001
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.374
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.746
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.460
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.480
And I enable persistence 6.796
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.146
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.335
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 2.128
And Tor is ready 42.447
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.175
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.096
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.892
And I enable persistence 8.423
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 12.487
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.438
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.160
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009