Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4075 15 Nov 2025, 13:34

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 22:26.094 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
2:27.033
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 1:57.157
And I update APT using apt 8.434
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.289
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.293
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.858
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.445
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 55.467
And I update APT using apt 5.303
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.334
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.711
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.665
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.311
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.783
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.804
And I enable persistence 23.724
And I log in to a new session 14.728
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.287
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.283
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.816
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.540
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 a computer 0.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.016
And I update APT using apt 5.616
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.348
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.256
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:1.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:33.890
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.650
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.592
When I start Synaptic 13.467
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.989
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.004
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.721
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.756
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.592
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.676
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.049
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.957
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.545
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:35.262
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 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.170
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 11.271
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.929
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.862
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.369
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.380
And I enable persistence 7.908
# 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 0.036
# 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 14.261
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.518
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.140
# 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 0.257
And the network is plugged 0.440
And Tor is ready 13.819
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 1.723
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.963
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.490
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:24.568
And I enable persistence 39.287
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 17.383
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 25.192
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 18.113
And Tor is ready 43.529
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.195
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.720
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 a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.901
And I enable persistence 13.413
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 13.293
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.359
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.981
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013