Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4091 28 Nov 2025, 01:49

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 21:33.526 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
2:37.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:58.151
And I update APT using apt 12.541
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.824
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.336
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 15.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.742
And I update APT using apt 6.287
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.443
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.846
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.250
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.340
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.192
And I enable persistence 25.029
And I log in to a new session 13.852
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.253
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.215
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.859
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.223
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 0.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:49.989
And I update APT using apt 5.391
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.302
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.297
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.995
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 0.193
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:21.009
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.309
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.654
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.693
When I start Synaptic 13.750
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.163
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.707
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.771
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.812
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.537
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.857
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.245
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.379
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.047
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.674
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:29.973
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 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:44.197
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 9.414
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.452
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.048
And I enable persistence 7.937
# 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 0.039
# 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 12.794
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.386
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.075
And the network is plugged 3.149
And Tor is ready 11.423
And available upgrades have been checked 1.162
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.496
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.682
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.908
And I enable persistence 10.617
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 14.682
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.399
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 23.631
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.505
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 a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.797
And I enable persistence 8.333
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.045
# 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 15.150
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.212
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.203
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009