Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5952 14 Nov 2025, 11:17

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 17:28.160 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
3:35.865
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 55.374
And I update APT using apt 8.646
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.366
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.670
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.804
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.278
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.811
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.115
And I enable persistence 22.821
And I log in to a new session 12.731
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.698
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.049
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.118
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.233
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.132
And I update APT using apt 5.317
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.320
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.205
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.036
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.300
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:19.547
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.218
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.595
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.680
When I start Synaptic 13.625
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.201
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.417
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.627
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.804
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.744
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.596
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.068
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.904
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.207
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.533
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:28.902
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:55.052
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.997
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.785
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.767
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.794
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.769
And I enable persistence 8.562
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 12.549
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.949
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 12.955
And available upgrades have been checked 1.138
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.683
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.797
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.355
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.698
And I enable persistence 7.986
# 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
And I log in to a new session 14.481
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.340
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 24.331
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.152
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.085
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:39.859
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 0.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.147
And I enable persistence 8.373
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.103
# 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 0.087
And I log in to a new session 13.218
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.553
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.690
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010