Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4084 23 Nov 2025, 12:06

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 21:51.755 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
2:19.755
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:49.608
And I update APT using apt 6.284
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.195
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 14.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
5:25.256
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 54.693
And I update APT using apt 6.139
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.338
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.321
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 41.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.406
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:20.615
And I enable persistence 1:12.402
And I log in to a new session 28.749
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.245
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.953
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.717
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.522
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.266
And I update APT using apt 5.794
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.324
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.298
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:46.908
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 0.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.006
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.186
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.561
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.699
When I start Synaptic 13.695
And I update APT using Synaptic 23.150
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.215
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.638
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.790
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.179
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.589
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.722
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.284
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.202
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.007
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.498
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.544
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.090
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:37.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.134
Given a computer 1.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.429
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.809
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.563
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.763
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.189
And I enable persistence 8.669
# 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 0.081
And I log in to a new session 13.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.348
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 0.050
And Tor is ready 12.900
And available upgrades have been checked 0.059
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.155
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.639
And I enable persistence 7.852
# 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 13.195
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.389
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.334
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.160
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.435
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.651
And I enable persistence 7.775
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 12.027
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.284
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.796
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009