Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4087 25 Nov 2025, 07:56

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 20:43.893 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
2:32.934
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 2:1.322
And I update APT using apt 9.101
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.463
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.748
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:45.900
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 58.832
And I update APT using apt 6.938
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.348
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.236
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.892
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.718
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.726
And I enable persistence 21.824
And I log in to a new session 13.480
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.347
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.983
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.168
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:13.256
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 2.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:54.001
And I update APT using apt 6.342
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.347
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.218
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:46.980
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 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.232
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.206
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.568
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.835
When I start Synaptic 13.958
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.179
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.434
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.730
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.757
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.735
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.056
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.970
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.704
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:43.352
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 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.799
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.600
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.770
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.636
And I enable persistence 8.119
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 13.606
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.427
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 14.377
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.284
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.862
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.410
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.890
And I enable persistence 9.343
# 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 13.588
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.506
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 26.351
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.189
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:41.469
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 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.266
And I enable persistence 8.029
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.064
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 13.281
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.720
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.335
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009