Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4082 21 Nov 2025, 12:40

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 22:49.342 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
2:43.276
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:7.788
And I update APT using apt 13.775
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 7.037
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.327
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:52.796
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
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 1:1.562
And I update APT using apt 5.828
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.256
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.991
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.555
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.426
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.012
And I enable persistence 22.246
And I log in to a new session 12.370
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.387
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.872
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.795
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.268
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 0.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.048
And I update APT using apt 5.212
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.396
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.299
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.319
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:30.693
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.310
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.759
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
When I start Synaptic 13.525
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.934
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.447
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.575
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.737
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.745
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.927
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.858
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:38.902
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 1:50.157
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.660
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.535
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.724
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.468
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.092
And I enable persistence 8.019
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 13.168
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.358
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 41.927
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.609
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.759
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:7.423
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.750
And I enable persistence 6.802
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 12.599
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.344
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 23.635
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.174
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.779
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 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.403
And I enable persistence 6.669
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 12.103
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.733
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.033
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009