Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5928 03 Nov 2025, 15:52

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 17:25.353 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
3:36.457
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.976
And I update APT using apt 6.524
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.328
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.020
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.194
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.604
And I enable persistence 20.690
And I log in to a new session 12.799
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.713
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.908
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.718
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:2.039
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:47.228
And I update APT using apt 6.011
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.340
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:41.253
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.006
Given a computer 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:14.606
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.280
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.533
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.561
When I start Synaptic 13.294
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.895
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.354
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.761
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.606
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.687
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.308
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.030
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.687
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:28.636
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.571
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.956
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.574
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.843
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.018
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.828
And I enable persistence 7.856
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.095
And I log in to a new session 12.367
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.434
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 12.924
And available upgrades have been checked 0.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.573
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.967
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.242
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.998
And I enable persistence 7.981
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 12.806
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.308
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 24.385
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.966
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 0.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.928
And I enable persistence 7.740
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 13.045
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.393
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.010
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009