Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5919 30 Oct 2025, 12:50

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 17:54.118 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
3:53.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:6.185
And I update APT using apt 7.244
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.433
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.470
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.356
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.991
And I enable persistence 22.885
And I log in to a new session 12.822
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.353
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.872
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.853
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.810
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.556
And I update APT using apt 5.408
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.349
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.253
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.290
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.589
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.201
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.588
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.651
When I start Synaptic 13.903
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.059
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.816
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.692
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 6.294
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.621
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.821
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.661
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.040
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.031
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.526
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:30.781
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.751
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 8.256
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.399
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.764
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.444
And I enable persistence 13.176
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 12.803
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.440
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 12.583
And available upgrades have been checked 1.111
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.326
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.794
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.525
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.951
And I enable persistence 7.879
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 12.811
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.318
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 23.286
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.170
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.070
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 a computer 0.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.369
And I enable persistence 8.947
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.067
# 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 0.078
And I log in to a new session 13.370
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.011
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.604
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009