Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4074 15 Nov 2025, 10:00

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 21:41.123 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
2:37.702
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:3.244
And I update APT using apt 8.016
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.533
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.020
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:5.910
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 1:2.581
And I update APT using apt 6.697
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.373
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.959
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.385
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:14.593
And I enable persistence 25.001
And I log in to a new session 14.908
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.283
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.193
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.839
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:8.426
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.083
And I update APT using apt 5.161
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.444
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.446
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.178
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.150
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 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.715
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.791
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.770
When I start Synaptic 15.157
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.001
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 21.294
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.567
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.867
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.571
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.815
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.728
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.613
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.040
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.245
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.584
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 12.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:9.402
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 a computer 0.300
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.148
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.812
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.293
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.813
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.495
And I enable persistence 8.288
# 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 0.034
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 14.567
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.179
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.084
# 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 0.214
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 44.947
And available upgrades have been checked 0.056
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.644
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.716
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.715
And I enable persistence 9.611
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 13.892
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.365
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 25.543
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.310
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.957
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.530
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.558
And I enable persistence 7.970
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.120
# 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 0.206
And I log in to a new session 13.923
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.674
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.226
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009