Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5938 08 Nov 2025, 12:05

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 17:19.225 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
3:37.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 58.723
And I update APT using apt 6.832
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.334
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.124
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.209
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.812
And I enable persistence 22.388
And I log in to a new session 12.699
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.347
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.858
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.741
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:42.967
And I update APT using apt 5.971
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.288
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.287
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.386
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.533
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:15.761
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.590
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.837
When I start Synaptic 14.004
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.924
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.953
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.549
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.586
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.623
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.048
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.081
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.259
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.670
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:20.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.611
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 8.875
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.424
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.704
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.793
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.371
And I enable persistence 7.851
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 12.702
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.384
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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.103
And Tor is ready 12.938
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.848
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.014
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.498
And I enable persistence 8.201
# 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 11.638
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.470
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.082
And the network is plugged 0.106
And Tor is ready 23.294
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.187
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.696
And I enable persistence 7.935
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.231
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.809
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.972
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009