Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4127 18 Dec 2025, 08:38

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 21:39.014 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
4:32.359
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 2:35.861
And I update APT using apt 6.599
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.378
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.303
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 1:39.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 28.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:33.002
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 55.419
And I update APT using apt 5.636
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 9.541
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.755
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 30.883
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.723
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.399
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.868
And I enable persistence 27.913
And I log in to a new session 15.298
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.315
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.158
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.833
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.744
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.254
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:26.352
And I update APT using apt 5.376
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.403
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 5.289
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.140
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.873
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 0.283
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:6.449
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.529
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 5.221
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.705
When I start Synaptic 16.036
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.197
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.605
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.027
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.854
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.320
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.257
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.815
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.666
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.444
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.397
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.402
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.909
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:16.767
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.028
Given a computer 0.420
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.519
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.677
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.726
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.869
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.726
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 48.123
And I enable persistence 9.607
# 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 0.033
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 13.416
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.789
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.055
And Tor is ready 16.202
And available upgrades have been checked 0.117
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.857
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.032
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.925
And I enable persistence 11.779
# 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 14.422
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.429
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 44.145
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.175
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.214
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.052
Given a computer 0.510
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 50.798
And I enable persistence 21.195
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 15.873
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.981
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.553
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 1.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009