Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5955 15 Nov 2025, 08:35

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 18:58.110 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
4:16.530
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:0.705
And I update APT using apt 6.114
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.422
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.633
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.611
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.334
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.805
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.282
And I enable persistence 43.170
And I log in to a new session 13.994
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.281
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 7.190
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.766
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 16.962
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.854
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.228
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:15.689
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.030
Given a computer 0.487
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:59.052
And I update APT using apt 5.442
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.363
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.280
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:54.157
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 0.238
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.969
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.194
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.596
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.064
When I start Synaptic 13.652
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.150
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 16.503
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.747
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.098
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.227
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.753
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.931
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.939
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.928
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.476
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.250
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.701
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:48.052
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 0.215
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.854
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 9.331
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.497
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.034
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.658
And I enable persistence 9.680
# 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 0.052
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 14.458
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.837
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.063
And Tor is ready 15.512
And available upgrades have been checked 0.077
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.258
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.842
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.459
And I enable persistence 9.874
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 14.013
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.313
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 24.280
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.141
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.064
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.681
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.600
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.235
And I enable persistence 9.206
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 14.900
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.546
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.416
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019