Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5945 12 Nov 2025, 08:22

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 19:10.106 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
4:32.975
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 1:4.564
And I update APT using apt 11.358
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.808
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.167
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 40.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.229
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.145
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:20.099
And I enable persistence 27.590
And I log in to a new session 12.946
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.360
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.938
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.909
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.171
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:9.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.706
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:51.927
And I update APT using apt 6.188
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.303
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.263
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:50.121
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 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.218
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.219
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.443
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.818
When I start Synaptic 13.661
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.255
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.412
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.619
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.034
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.277
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.845
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.245
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.362
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.903
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.030
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.237
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.706
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:57.394
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 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:59.183
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.211
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.423
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.990
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.975
And I enable persistence 9.386
# 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
# 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 0.073
And I log in to a new session 13.842
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.338
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.060
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.064
And Tor is ready 13.853
And available upgrades have been checked 0.071
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.934
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.793
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.756
And I enable persistence 10.182
# 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 16.876
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.406
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.922
And Tor is ready 26.059
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.195
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.163
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.167
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.712
And I enable persistence 8.187
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.085
# 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 0.262
And I log in to a new session 13.375
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.153
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.611
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013