Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5933 05 Nov 2025, 14:31

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 19:21.475 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
3:41.017
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:2.784
And I update APT using apt 7.561
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.394
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.471
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.769
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.489
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.132
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.433
And I enable persistence 9.529
And I log in to a new session 13.867
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.400
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.090
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.819
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 15.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.379
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 0.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:49.244
And I update APT using apt 5.823
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.397
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.547
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 15.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:46.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.008
Given a computer 0.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:38.776
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.513
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.700
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.768
When I start Synaptic 15.684
And I update APT using Synaptic 57.135
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.569
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.664
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.822
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.312
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.989
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.866
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.780
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 1.013
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.285
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.808
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:4.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given a computer 0.287
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.515
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 9.170
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.073
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.835
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.938
And I enable persistence 10.553
# 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
# 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 13.253
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.782
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
# 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 0.058
And Tor is ready 12.994
And available upgrades have been checked 0.070
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.112
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.861
And I enable persistence 12.899
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 14.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.744
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.086
And Tor is ready 36.120
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.191
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.062
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given a computer 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.876
And I enable persistence 9.634
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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 13.827
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.978
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.428
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009