Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5957 16 Nov 2025, 12:11

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 17:12.147 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
3:29.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.336
And I update APT using apt 5.631
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.362
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.812
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.820
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.441
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.927
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.228
And I enable persistence 22.577
And I log in to a new session 13.167
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.749
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.922
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.762
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.854
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 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:43.454
And I update APT using apt 5.591
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.319
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.242
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.168
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.653
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.626
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
When I start Synaptic 13.601
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.966
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.747
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.845
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.756
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.536
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.721
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.660
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.306
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.030
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.734
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:27.043
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 0.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.750
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.164
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.383
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.775
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.040
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.021
And I enable persistence 7.749
# 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 0.048
# 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 0.093
And I log in to a new session 12.321
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.391
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
# 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 0.084
And the network is plugged 0.055
And Tor is ready 14.862
And available upgrades have been checked 0.063
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.660
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.868
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.264
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.752
And I enable persistence 7.734
# 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 13.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.311
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.047
And Tor is ready 23.947
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.160
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.034
Given a computer 0.235
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.773
And I enable persistence 7.794
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 12.706
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.528
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.393
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009