Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5960 19 Nov 2025, 12:35

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 18:16.073 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
3:54.020
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 53.336
And I update APT using apt 5.390
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.388
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.994
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.327
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:10.462
And I enable persistence 34.133
And I log in to a new session 12.917
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.315
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.066
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.959
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:29.954
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.194
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:13.609
And I update APT using apt 5.535
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.328
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.227
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.401
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:43.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:15.986
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.264
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.570
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.627
When I start Synaptic 13.557
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.192
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.245
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.764
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.821
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.569
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.676
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.747
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.024
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.219
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.552
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.802
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:29.013
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 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:51.523
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.561
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.523
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.729
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.740
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.767
And I enable persistence 8.135
# 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 0.026
# 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 0.072
And I log in to a new session 13.616
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.333
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.081
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 13.037
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.041
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.761
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.371
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.867
And I enable persistence 7.770
# 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 13.523
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.768
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 23.953
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.222
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:39.677
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 0.158
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.509
And I enable persistence 8.408
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.072
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.897
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.491
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.622
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.168
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010