Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5929 03 Nov 2025, 15:58

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 17:49.455 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
4:2.418
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:27.617
And I update APT using apt 5.542
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.187
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.031
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.300
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.802
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.847
And I enable persistence 20.350
And I log in to a new session 12.688
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.684
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.106
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.704
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:58.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.322
And I update APT using apt 5.047
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.292
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.308
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:42.029
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 0.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.958
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.265
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.625
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.727
When I start Synaptic 13.837
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.925
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.582
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.601
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.605
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.707
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.972
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.758
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.878
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.603
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:27.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.994
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 9.096
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.605
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.659
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.602
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.776
And I enable persistence 8.116
# 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 11.931
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.387
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 12.857
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.030
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.265
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.473
And I enable persistence 7.687
# 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
And I log in to a new session 11.839
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.452
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.106
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 23.023
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.180
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:39.303
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.004
Given a computer 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.938
And I enable persistence 10.399
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 12.369
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.630
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.155
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.418
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009