Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4083 22 Nov 2025, 12:09

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 22:47.452 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
2:24.591
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:53.869
And I update APT using apt 6.266
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.141
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 15.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.841
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.235
And I update APT using apt 6.334
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.781
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.388
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.326
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.997
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.104
And I enable persistence 22.658
And I log in to a new session 13.126
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.318
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.093
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.885
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.186
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.070
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.969
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 0.230
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.672
And I update APT using apt 5.247
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.403
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.342
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:41.021
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:15.999
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.389
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.129
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.661
When I start Synaptic 13.685
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.970
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.711
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.605
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.681
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.619
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.925
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.682
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.813
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.987
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.920
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.149
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
9:20.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.528
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 8.576
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 8.511
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.976
And I enable persistence 17.673
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 13.613
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.425
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 0.057
And the network is plugged 3.288
And Tor is ready 41.205
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 0.668
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.966
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:10.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:12.879
And I enable persistence 9.251
# 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 12.458
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 21.945
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 23.386
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.463
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.419
And I enable persistence 8.071
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 11.922
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.489
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.815
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021