Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4079 19 Nov 2025, 13:12

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 20:51.854 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
2:45.696
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 2:4.179
And I update APT using apt 11.589
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 7.002
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.556
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 17.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:11.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 1:10.216
And I update APT using apt 5.745
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.679
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.826
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.557
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.437
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:11.864
And I enable persistence 26.915
And I log in to a new session 14.287
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.302
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.566
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.822
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.686
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.387
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.321
And I update APT using apt 5.218
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.387
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.294
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.385
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.175
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.399
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.222
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.646
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.688
When I start Synaptic 14.306
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.190
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.370
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.680
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.005
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.206
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.700
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.672
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.989
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.235
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.774
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.152
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:31.476
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.503
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 8.772
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.377
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.786
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.477
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.420
And I enable persistence 7.955
# 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
# 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 0.084
And I log in to a new session 12.289
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.399
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.102
# 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 0.085
And the network is plugged 0.092
And Tor is ready 12.285
And available upgrades have been checked 0.069
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.912
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.923
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.332
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.356
And I enable persistence 7.765
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 14.779
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.326
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 23.686
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.184
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.956
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.226
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.601
And I enable persistence 7.840
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.067
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.862
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.251
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.345
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010