Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5935 06 Nov 2025, 14:23

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 17:21.504 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
3:41.034
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 59.440
And I update APT using apt 6.083
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.508
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.918
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.598
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.280
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.063
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.025
And I enable persistence 19.758
And I log in to a new session 12.249
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.314
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.849
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.719
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:57.614
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 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.449
And I update APT using apt 5.032
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.600
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 12.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.064
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:16.268
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.552
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.647
When I start Synaptic 14.279
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.919
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.490
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.589
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.694
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.635
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.788
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.592
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.588
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.892
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.567
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:24.436
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 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:50.894
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.462
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.594
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.559
And I enable persistence 7.988
# 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 0.025
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 11.972
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.395
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 12.366
And available upgrades have been checked 1.169
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.377
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.712
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.829
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.319
And I enable persistence 7.714
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 14.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.309
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 23.159
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.157
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 1.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:35.354
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:510 0.003
Given a computer 0.150
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.361
And I enable persistence 8.287
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 10.427
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.411
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.112
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:518 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009