Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5951 14 Nov 2025, 07:10

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 20:37.755 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
4:22.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:29.936
And I update APT using apt 6.150
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.384
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.890
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.387
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.415
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.557
And I enable persistence 24.185
And I log in to a new session 14.599
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.311
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.062
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.841
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.597
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.102
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:7.744
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.036
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.145
Given a computer 0.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:51.227
And I update APT using apt 4.934
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.467
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.287
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:51.022
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 0.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:21.208
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.348
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.579
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.644
When I start Synaptic 14.058
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.024
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.197
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.670
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.758
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.253
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.593
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.781
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.669
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.356
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.144
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.654
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:30.645
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 a computer 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.167
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.184
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.645
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.782
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.618
And I enable persistence 8.925
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 13.556
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.483
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
# 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 0.120
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.477
And available upgrades have been checked 0.052
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.812
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.853
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:2.480
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.090
And I enable persistence 9.372
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 15.426
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.301
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 24.584
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.271
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:46.302
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 0.589
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.638
And I enable persistence 10.619
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 14.841
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.020
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.998
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008