Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5930 04 Nov 2025, 12:34

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 17:18.446 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
3:38.978
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 57.978
And I update APT using apt 5.991
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.343
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.184
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.364
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.901
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.320
And I enable persistence 21.503
And I log in to a new session 12.546
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.247
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.955
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.896
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.274
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given a computer 0.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.713
And I update APT using apt 5.787
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.278
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 13.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.010
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:14.790
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.579
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I start Synaptic 13.581
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.865
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.444
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.722
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.873
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.191
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.613
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.707
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.610
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.926
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.012
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.681
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:23.693
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.077
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.411
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.705
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.895
And I enable persistence 8.022
# 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 13.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.359
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.049
And Tor is ready 12.663
And available upgrades have been checked 0.110
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.955
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.885
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.438
And I enable persistence 7.726
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.462
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.389
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 22.833
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.154
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.141
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 0.293
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.090
And I enable persistence 7.693
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 12.861
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.418
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.198
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.147
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008