Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5961 20 Nov 2025, 09:19

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 19:6.680 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
3:51.447
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.266
And I update APT using apt 8.836
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 8.101
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.716
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.686
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.289
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.721
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.058
And I enable persistence 26.716
And I log in to a new session 14.551
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.365
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.836
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.980
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 an administration password 2:18.451
And I update APT using apt 6.245
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
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 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:49.084
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:22.660
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.220
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.655
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.598
When I start Synaptic 13.801
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.903
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.587
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.716
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.248
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.805
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.634
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.310
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.184
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.717
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:5.282
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.204
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.918
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.986
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.121
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.926
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.421
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.899
And I enable persistence 10.407
# 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 0.062
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 14.811
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.392
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.054
And Tor is ready 15.057
And available upgrades have been checked 0.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.880
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.044
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.340
And I enable persistence 8.118
# 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 16.416
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.343
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 24.854
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.184
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.111
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:45.329
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 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.115
And I enable persistence 10.199
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
# 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 12.881
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.944
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.323
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009