Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4081 20 Nov 2025, 16:01

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 23:21.949 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
3:51.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:54.909
And I update APT using apt 5.864
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.316
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 5.404
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 1:38.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 33.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:34.296
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.662
And I update APT using apt 6.121
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.606
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.061
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.609
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:14.640
And I enable persistence 31.721
And I log in to a new session 49.479
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.302
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.041
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.650
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.345
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:12.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.828
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:55.358
And I update APT using apt 5.352
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.488
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.257
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:0.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:27.721
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.741
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.669
When I start Synaptic 14.287
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.369
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.357
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.390
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.673
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.847
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.548
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.123
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.898
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.269
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.627
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:1.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.301
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.271
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.430
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.728
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.048
And I enable persistence 9.595
# 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
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.835
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.892
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 3.080
And Tor is ready 14.641
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.803
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.728
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.889
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.447
And I enable persistence 10.667
# 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 0.030
And I log in to a new session 12.387
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 20.505
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.123
And Tor is ready 27.087
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.153
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.170
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 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.310
And I enable persistence 10.128
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 14.600
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.414
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.930
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011