Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4067 11 Nov 2025, 17:16

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 20:58.309 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
2:37.109
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 2:6.116
And I update APT using apt 7.920
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.426
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.262
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.079
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 1:4.084
And I update APT using apt 6.740
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.253
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.334
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.592
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.334
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.812
And I enable persistence 26.821
And I log in to a new session 13.502
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.297
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.076
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.710
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.885
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.020
Given a computer 0.290
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.854
And I update APT using apt 6.129
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.268
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.334
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 0.252
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:21.607
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.681
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.775
When I start Synaptic 14.079
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.001
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.192
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.555
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.726
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.717
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 11.073
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.689
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.893
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.617
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:43.437
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.558
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.477
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.684
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.387
And I enable persistence 7.790
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 13.734
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.416
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
# 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 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.077
And Tor is ready 13.206
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.569
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.356
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.998
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.561
And I enable persistence 9.130
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 15.731
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.672
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 24.772
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.228
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:45.463
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 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.133
And I enable persistence 9.850
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 14.770
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.816
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.148
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008