Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5941 10 Nov 2025, 16:49

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 18:49.207 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
4:7.399
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 1:2.506
And I update APT using apt 7.158
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.295
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.487
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 39.410
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.854
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.470
And I enable persistence 23.261
And I log in to a new session 12.802
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.335
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.787
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.884
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.990
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:30.751
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:14.047
And I update APT using apt 5.813
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.318
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.312
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.945
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.924
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.338
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.638
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
When I start Synaptic 13.413
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.189
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.604
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.640
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.774
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.234
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.929
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.753
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.576
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.740
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.862
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.646
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.933
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:53.813
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 0.157
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.529
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.052
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.531
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.707
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.414
And I enable persistence 8.343
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.599
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.391
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 41.981
And available upgrades have been checked 0.089
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.683
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.771
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.541
And I enable persistence 7.996
# 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 12.095
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.720
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.090
And Tor is ready 22.834
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.164
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.297
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.016
Given a computer 0.220
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.468
And I enable persistence 7.657
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 12.120
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.333
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.910
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.965
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009