Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5934 06 Nov 2025, 08:29

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 19:20.561 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
4:28.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:18.879
And I update APT using apt 8.153
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.358
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.970
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 37.309
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.353
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.447
And I enable persistence 26.762
And I log in to a new session 14.263
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.394
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.058
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.880
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.046
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.546
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.014
Given a computer 0.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.630
And I update APT using apt 5.946
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.357
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 5.290
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 14.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.414
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.009
Given a computer 0.209
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:24.825
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.313
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.653
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.324
When I start Synaptic 14.475
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.874
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.277
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.620
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.720
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.614
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.822
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.862
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.102
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.142
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.390
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.342
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:4.404
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 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.158
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.027
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.917
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.732
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.027
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.477
And I enable persistence 22.539
# 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 0.032
# 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 0.074
And I log in to a new session 14.526
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.478
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.095
And Tor is ready 12.508
And available upgrades have been checked 0.086
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.018
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.800
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.627
And I enable persistence 9.046
# 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 0.032
And I log in to a new session 14.468
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.426
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 23.247
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.188
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.727
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 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.158
And I enable persistence 9.970
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 14.200
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.506
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.087
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027