Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5927 03 Nov 2025, 13:25

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 18:51.711 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
3:55.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.019
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.539
And I update APT using apt 6.511
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.678
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.597
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.292
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.562
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.843
And I enable persistence 26.597
And I log in to a new session 14.611
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.258
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.937
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.301
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.268
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.811
And I update APT using apt 6.527
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.337
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 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 15.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:48.677
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.244
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.429
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.183
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.662
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.649
When I start Synaptic 13.493
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.950
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.580
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.615
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.844
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.278
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.558
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.782
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.685
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.202
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.999
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.579
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.832
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:17.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.011
Given a computer 0.445
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.687
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.847
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.749
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.946
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:10.501
And I enable persistence 10.121
# 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
# 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 15.088
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.418
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.072
And Tor is ready 15.402
And available upgrades have been checked 0.053
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.078
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.341
And I enable persistence 9.962
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 16.665
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.688
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 42.522
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.157
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.226
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.007
Given a computer 0.265
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.079
And I enable persistence 8.666
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 14.803
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.785
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.899
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009