Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4065 11 Nov 2025, 10:44

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 21:37.572 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
2:48.639
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 2:8.765
And I update APT using apt 7.962
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 9.447
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.238
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 19.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:2.084
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.687
And I update APT using apt 7.341
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.365
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.364
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.893
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.412
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.918
And I enable persistence 24.706
And I log in to a new session 15.947
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.824
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.194
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.953
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:9.115
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 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.164
And I update APT using apt 5.996
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.446
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.226
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:0.433
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 2:24.460
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.672
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.630
When I start Synaptic 14.300
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.135
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 15.365
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.641
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.807
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.231
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.637
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.883
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.360
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.453
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.575
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.315
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.623
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:54.350
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.598
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 9.646
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.171
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.813
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.868
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.176
And I enable persistence 9.407
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 13.931
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.475
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.080
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 15.242
And available upgrades have been checked 0.054
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.673
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.812
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.775
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.489
And I enable persistence 9.902
# 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 16.192
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.501
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.112
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 23.644
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.040
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.949
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 0.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.470
And I enable persistence 8.942
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 14.205
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.891
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.639
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009