Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4085 24 Nov 2025, 12:20

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 22:7.242 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
2:38.800
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:10.159
And I update APT using apt 6.850
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.733
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.202
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 57.925
And I update APT using apt 5.748
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.425
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.400
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.316
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.773
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.080
And I enable persistence 25.199
And I log in to a new session 13.482
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.528
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.984
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.755
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.808
And I update APT using apt 5.717
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.416
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.379
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:46.937
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 0.281
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.957
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.335
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.579
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
When I start Synaptic 13.479
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.026
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.373
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.636
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.726
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.574
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.661
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.054
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.210
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.650
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:16.111
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 0.327
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.261
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 9.435
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.617
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.804
And I enable persistence 9.234
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.614
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.295
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 14.520
And available upgrades have been checked 0.053
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.315
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.705
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:2.331
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.082
And I enable persistence 8.896
# 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 0.019
And I log in to a new session 11.469
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.396
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 23.132
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.144
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.396
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.605
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.706
And I enable persistence 8.928
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 14.660
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.553
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.971
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.480
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008