Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4066 11 Nov 2025, 14:20

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 20:35.292 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
2:43.698
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:7.127
And I update APT using apt 12.199
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 7.167
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.298
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 12.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:58.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:2.667
And I update APT using apt 7.142
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.551
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.181
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.355
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.379
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.849
And I enable persistence 27.054
And I log in to a new session 14.175
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.230
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.986
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.748
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.087
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 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.616
And I update APT using apt 5.546
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.367
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.313
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.198
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:42.883
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 0.240
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:16.664
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.221
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.629
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.659
When I start Synaptic 14.117
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.193
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.388
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.686
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.932
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.603
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.785
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.794
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.238
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.138
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.549
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:29.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.236
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.354
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.138
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.886
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.760
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.687
And I enable persistence 8.051
# 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 0.026
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 11.728
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.888
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.082
And Tor is ready 12.676
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.954
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.842
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.932
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.198
And I enable persistence 6.768
# 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 12.727
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.373
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 22.984
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.193
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.558
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 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.106
And I enable persistence 8.030
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 12.489
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.361
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.835
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010