Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5942 11 Nov 2025, 08:39

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 18:11.078 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
4:7.683
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 1:29.144
And I update APT using apt 6.822
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.279
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.382
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.929
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.631
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.842
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.740
And I enable persistence 21.359
And I log in to a new session 13.284
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.299
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.871
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.804
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:2.711
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 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:46.600
And I update APT using apt 5.291
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.300
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.272
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:46.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.225
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.472
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.259
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.591
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546
When I start Synaptic 13.457
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.843
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.247
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.719
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.820
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.241
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.749
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.849
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.355
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.894
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.575
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:35.625
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.205
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.071
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.689
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.596
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.478
And I enable persistence 8.089
# 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
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 12.656
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.882
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 12.937
And available upgrades have been checked 1.110
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.726
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.936
And I enable persistence 8.547
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 12.882
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.359
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 23.582
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.158
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.817
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 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.054
And I enable persistence 7.983
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.096
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 12.658
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.040
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.170
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010