Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4064 10 Nov 2025, 17:15

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 20:5.903 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
2:24.430
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 1:55.318
And I update APT using apt 7.198
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.291
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:45.535
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:0.019
And I update APT using apt 6.322
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.338
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.694
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.110
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.494
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.733
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.824
And I enable persistence 21.228
And I log in to a new session 12.256
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.675
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.880
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.653
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.354
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 0.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.494
And I update APT using apt 5.111
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.291
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.192
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.558
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:15.859
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.051
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.651
When I start Synaptic 13.404
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.958
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.021
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.657
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.765
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.609
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.955
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.685
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.873
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.919
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.609
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:33.042
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.092
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 8.256
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.754
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.545
And I enable persistence 7.997
# 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 12.695
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.727
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.116
And available upgrades have been checked 0.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.078
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.769
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.646
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.246
And I enable persistence 8.054
# 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 13.299
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.328
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.078
And Tor is ready 23.248
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.161
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.982
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.334
And I enable persistence 7.876
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 13.532
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.425
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.992
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009