Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5944 12 Nov 2025, 02:31

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 19:51.785 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
4:23.187
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:18.871
And I update APT using apt 12.756
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.715
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.466
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.063
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.505
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.857
And I enable persistence 33.995
And I log in to a new session 13.090
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.969
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.959
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.821
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.496
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.294
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.204
Given a computer 2.377
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:24.313
And I update APT using apt 5.299
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.602
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.376
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.477
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:18.617
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.269
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.732
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.692
When I start Synaptic 15.584
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.107
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.779
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.697
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.125
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.220
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.779
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.852
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.851
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.318
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.041
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.731
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:11.102
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 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.131
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 9.682
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.643
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.908
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.619
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.763
And I enable persistence 11.368
# 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 0.051
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 14.522
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.387
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 0.083
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 15.005
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.253
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.782
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.641
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.088
And I enable persistence 9.581
# 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 0.028
And I log in to a new session 13.831
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 21.325
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 31.568
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.162
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.974
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.079
And I enable persistence 9.680
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 13.178
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.852
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.267
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.593
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011