Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5949 13 Nov 2025, 08:38

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 21:44.123 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
3:58.680
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 1:4.633
And I update APT using apt 6.806
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.339
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.023
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.690
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.479
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.971
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.926
And I enable persistence 28.880
And I log in to a new session 14.453
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.314
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.114
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.783
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.985
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.180
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.884
And I update APT using apt 6.284
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.331
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.235
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:32.432
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 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:23.661
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.373
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.587
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.909
When I start Synaptic 15.810
And I update APT using Synaptic 57.520
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.776
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.773
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.735
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.247
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.689
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.825
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.784
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.092
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.490
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.384
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.684
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
9:18.132
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 0.189
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.282
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.646
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.222
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.911
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.681
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.362
And I enable persistence 8.563
# 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 0.021
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 14.568
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.418
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 42.157
And available upgrades have been checked 0.068
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.730
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.857
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:7.196
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.349
And I enable persistence 10.917
# 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
And I log in to a new session 14.464
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 20.920
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 1.870
And Tor is ready 24.158
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.156
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.311
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:48.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.241
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:10.516
And I enable persistence 9.824
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 14.889
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.360
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.471
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014