Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4110 09 Dec 2025, 17:40

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 20:47.185 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
3:55.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:59.650
And I update APT using apt 6.169
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.691
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 1:39.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 27.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:55.560
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.067
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.242
And I update APT using apt 6.748
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.293
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.870
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 38.864
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.519
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.781
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.007
And I enable persistence 32.384
And I log in to a new session 19.130
And the Additional Software installation service has started 11.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.150
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.000
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.217
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 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:30.260
And I update APT using apt 6.028
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.628
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.658
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:42.437
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 0.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.454
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.350
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.781
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.744
When I start Synaptic 16.198
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.964
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.165
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.365
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.010
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.300
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.025
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.858
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.216
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.349
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.293
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.948
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:4.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.035
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.066
Given a computer 1.501
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.674
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.207
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.218
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.067
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.462
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.223
And I enable persistence 10.952
# 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
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 16.235
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.050
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 14.708
And available upgrades have been checked 0.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.487
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.827
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.188
And I enable persistence 9.333
# 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
And I log in to a new session 15.915
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.526
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.129
And the network is plugged 0.112
And Tor is ready 24.119
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.218
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:21.140
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.420
And I enable persistence 9.262
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.081
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 13.644
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.496
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.373
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.151
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018