Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4076 16 Nov 2025, 12:44

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 20:19.668 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
2:37.970
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:4.553
And I update APT using apt 7.465
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.303
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.975
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 15.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.913
And I update APT using apt 5.943
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.330
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.321
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.943
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.257
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.403
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.990
And I enable persistence 21.517
And I log in to a new session 11.805
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.350
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.840
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.743
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.671
And I update APT using apt 5.053
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.322
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.265
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.050
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 0.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:32.813
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.663
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
When I start Synaptic 13.525
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.790
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.368
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.703
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.564
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.726
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.608
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.969
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.923
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.594
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:23.889
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.890
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.752
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.892
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.806
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.898
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.504
And I enable persistence 7.855
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.096
And I log in to a new session 11.809
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.397
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.110
# 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 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 13.366
And available upgrades have been checked 0.071
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.681
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.742
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.653
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.175
And I enable persistence 7.529
# 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 13.197
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.309
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.071
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.435
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.148
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.636
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 0.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.787
And I enable persistence 8.013
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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 12.560
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.088
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.327
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009