Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5943 11 Nov 2025, 15:50

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 18:40.597 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
3:57.953
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:3.624
And I update APT using apt 6.529
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.443
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.312
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.383
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.356
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.796
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.313
And I enable persistence 24.168
And I log in to a new session 14.267
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.234
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.347
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.945
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.931
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.640
And I update APT using apt 5.252
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.296
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.497
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.157
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:0.830
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 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:26.332
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.507
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.630
When I start Synaptic 15.023
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.420
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 17.288
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.707
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.711
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.759
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.765
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.979
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.936
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.630
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:54.158
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 0.207
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.189
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.248
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.401
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.479
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.764
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.514
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.154
And I enable persistence 8.175
# 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 0.069
# 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 0.245
And I log in to a new session 13.953
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.328
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 13.311
And available upgrades have been checked 0.063
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.534
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.527
And I enable persistence 10.350
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 13.517
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.390
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 24.640
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.152
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.462
And I enable persistence 8.134
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.071
# 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 14.457
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.678
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.118
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008