Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5962 20 Nov 2025, 16:31

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 19:31.453 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
4:9.511
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:10.245
And I update APT using apt 11.990
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.733
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.134
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.301
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.426
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.755
And I enable persistence 29.187
And I log in to a new session 12.868
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.772
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.872
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.779
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.402
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 0.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.492
And I update APT using apt 5.931
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.423
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.272
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:38.707
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 0.166
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:28.971
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.711
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.802
When I start Synaptic 14.626
And I update APT using Synaptic 58.038
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.044
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.621
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.647
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.385
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.239
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.888
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.359
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.125
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.032
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.361
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.560
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.305
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:56.704
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 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:2.318
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 9.211
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.625
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.921
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.503
And I enable persistence 9.550
# 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
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 15.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.428
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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 12.931
And available upgrades have been checked 1.116
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.711
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.811
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 21.906
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.139
And I enable persistence 9.633
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 15.219
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.847
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.100
And the network is plugged 0.069
And Tor is ready 23.731
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.135
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:41.126
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 a computer 0.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.324
And I enable persistence 8.551
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 12.392
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.868
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.121
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010