Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5916 29 Oct 2025, 08:41

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 79 0 0 0 0 79 5 0 5 19:35.747 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
4:32.938
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:41.990
And I update APT using apt 6.410
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.925
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.696
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.275
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.698
And I enable persistence 24.235
And I log in to a new session 14.185
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.362
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.093
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.200
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.044
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:11.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 3.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:52.192
And I update APT using apt 5.308
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.367
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.310
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:52.193
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007
Given a computer 0.385
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.842
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.621
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.706
When I start Synaptic 13.523
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.886
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.655
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.697
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.851
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.559
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.817
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.520
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.011
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.654
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:13.894
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007
Given a computer 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.031
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.931
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.273
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.092
And I enable persistence 7.680
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 15.199
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.782
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 3.588
And Tor is ready 11.675
And available upgrades have been checked 0.045
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.217
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.828
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.612
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.752
And I enable persistence 9.766
# 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 0.035
And I log in to a new session 14.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.681
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 42.260
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.217
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:44.998
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.589
And I enable persistence 9.068
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 13.925
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.827
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.323
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009