Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5939 09 Nov 2025, 12:06

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 17:49.768 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
3:35.206
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.606
And I update APT using apt 6.171
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.301
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.330
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.171
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.404
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.742
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.226
And I enable persistence 21.159
And I log in to a new session 13.457
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.649
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.934
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.795
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:58.766
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 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.361
And I update APT using apt 5.649
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.334
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.181
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.964
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.212
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.203
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.649
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
When I start Synaptic 13.668
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.940
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.476
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.596
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.554
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.643
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.025
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.030
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.221
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.706
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:50.752
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:53.790
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 10.087
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.317
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.715
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.591
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.097
And I enable persistence 7.822
# 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 0.092
And I log in to a new session 12.684
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.381
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
# 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 0.078
And the network is plugged 0.068
And Tor is ready 13.261
And available upgrades have been checked 0.078
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.414
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.828
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.916
And I enable persistence 7.841
# 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 13.421
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.774
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 4.001
And Tor is ready 42.848
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:44.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 6.255
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.721
And I enable persistence 8.869
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.785
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.938
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.925
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.477
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008