Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5958 17 Nov 2025, 12:42

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 18:33.063 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
3:43.124
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 57.876
And I update APT using apt 6.562
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.307
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.640
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.340
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.340
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.913
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.257
And I enable persistence 20.749
And I log in to a new session 12.738
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.296
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.887
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.948
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:1.661
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 a computer 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:45.136
And I update APT using apt 5.684
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.287
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.279
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.133
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 0.175
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:14.965
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.505
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.799
When I start Synaptic 14.146
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.980
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.911
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.750
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.528
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.835
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.919
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.877
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.968
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.570
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.141
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.772
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:23.518
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.191
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:20.769
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 9.191
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.581
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.755
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.920
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.524
And I enable persistence 8.023
# 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 0.034
# 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 0.080
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 10.352
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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 41.471
And available upgrades have been checked 0.059
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.794
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.796
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.192
And I enable persistence 7.839
# 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 13.019
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.344
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 23.707
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.625
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 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.327
And I enable persistence 9.330
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 12.607
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.761
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.800
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008