Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4092 28 Nov 2025, 20:57

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 21:24.277 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
2:35.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:6.006
And I update APT using apt 7.318
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.385
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.383
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.498
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:52.708
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:2.382
And I update APT using apt 6.946
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.447
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.029
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.204
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.279
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.095
And I enable persistence 23.421
And I log in to a new session 12.588
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.254
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.108
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.836
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:9.197
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 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.077
And I update APT using apt 6.210
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.316
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.344
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:47.067
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 0.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.939
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.325
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.743
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.755
When I start Synaptic 14.986
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.057
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.791
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.608
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.814
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.684
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.798
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.164
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.222
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.092
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.230
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.679
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:7.809
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.762
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.231
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.856
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.779
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.781
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.425
And I enable persistence 9.412
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.578
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.811
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 0.087
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 13.286
And available upgrades have been checked 0.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.770
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.059
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.740
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.338
And I enable persistence 9.467
# 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 12.094
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 20.521
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 41.855
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.186
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 2.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:51.914
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.620
And I enable persistence 19.431
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.070
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 13.982
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5.767
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.288
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010