Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4086 25 Nov 2025, 02:09

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 24:10.672 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
2:34.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:53.376
And I update APT using apt 17.492
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.732
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.851
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 18.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
6:29.726
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.060
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.059
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:11.568
And I update APT using apt 5.271
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.323
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.432
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 44.054
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.356
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.278
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:30.150
And I enable persistence 1:52.780
And I log in to a new session 16.526
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.700
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 14.849
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.173
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.598
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:37.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.019
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:21.437
And I update APT using apt 5.079
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.373
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.313
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.110
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:6.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.028
Given a computer 0.571
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:32.360
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.921
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.726
When I start Synaptic 13.740
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.972
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.994
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.795
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.534
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.975
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.568
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.087
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.881
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.199
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.478
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:39.259
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 0.217
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.697
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 9.411
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.409
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.280
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.404
And I enable persistence 8.740
# 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
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.708
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.417
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
# 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 0.084
And the network is plugged 0.104
And Tor is ready 12.589
And available upgrades have been checked 0.062
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5.512
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.920
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.251
And I enable persistence 6.876
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 13.885
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.739
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.087
And Tor is ready 23.558
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.186
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.417
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 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.440
And I enable persistence 10.186
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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 13.615
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.546
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.944
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010