Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4112 10 Dec 2025, 10:30

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 18:5.164 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
2:33.405
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
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 2:4.332
And I update APT using apt 7.285
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.314
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.256
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:33.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:1.994
And I update APT using apt 6.050
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.435
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.148
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.204
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.371
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.723
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.432
And I enable persistence 23.243
And I log in to a new session 13.131
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.268
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.935
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.982
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.155
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:38.596
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 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:21.316
And I update APT using apt 6.411
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.375
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.261
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.137
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 a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.206
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.331
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.574
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.643
When I start Synaptic 13.897
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.954
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.485
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.734
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.881
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.580
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.751
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.269
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.979
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.053
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.616
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.850
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:39.091
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.250
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 9.513
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.657
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.732
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.659
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.934
And I enable persistence 9.872
# 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 0.065
# 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 13.181
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.445
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 13.441
And available upgrades have been checked 0.058
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.948
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.814
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.258
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.060
And I enable persistence 9.685
# 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 0.027
And I log in to a new session 13.191
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.442
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 25.030
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.197
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:17.781
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 a computer 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.005
And I enable persistence 8.791
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 12.769
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.395
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.065
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008