Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4080 20 Nov 2025, 14:43

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 21:30.697 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
3:7.601
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 2:22.036
And I update APT using apt 15.556
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.891
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.174
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 17.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.402
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:23.782
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:30.691
And I update APT using apt 6.247
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.336
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.881
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 30.992
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.275
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.289
And I enable persistence 21.880
And I log in to a new session 12.614
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.265
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.001
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.850
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:8.980
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 0.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.624
And I update APT using apt 5.310
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.452
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.254
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.493
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 0.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.623
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.643
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.602
When I start Synaptic 13.415
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.796
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.305
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.643
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.210
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.572
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.102
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.079
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.001
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.665
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:26.088
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.264
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.945
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.578
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.711
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.736
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.951
And I enable persistence 7.997
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 11.606
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.415
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 12.897
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.408
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.298
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.658
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.579
And I enable persistence 8.178
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 13.540
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.388
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 23.980
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.190
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.382
And I enable persistence 8.114
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 13.596
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.744
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.088
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012