Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5946 12 Nov 2025, 12:48

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 18:21.769 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
3:30.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 57.716
And I update APT using apt 6.042
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.322
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.644
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.069
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.172
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.758
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.896
And I enable persistence 18.982
And I log in to a new session 12.425
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.659
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.873
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.706
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:26.823
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:12.435
And I update APT using apt 4.717
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.253
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.187
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.494
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 0.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:16.517
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.494
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
When I start Synaptic 13.927
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.928
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.771
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.623
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.576
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.790
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.727
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.677
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.927
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.688
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:4.304
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 0.195
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:23.951
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.980
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.795
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.941
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.228
And I enable persistence 8.287
# 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 0.049
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 13.262
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.616
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.123
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.947
And available upgrades have been checked 1.126
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.422
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.881
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.751
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.435
And I enable persistence 7.975
# 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 14.284
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.339
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 23.336
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.618
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 0.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.691
And I enable persistence 7.943
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
# 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 12.415
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.659
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.113
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009