Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5963 21 Nov 2025, 12:12

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 17:10.462 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
3:30.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.269
And I update APT using apt 5.322
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.091
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.754
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.428
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.828
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.221
And I enable persistence 23.517
And I log in to a new session 12.968
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.286
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.823
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.771
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.224
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:0.117
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:44.136
And I update APT using apt 5.173
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.300
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.258
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.317
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:36.930
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.484
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.182
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.595
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.656
When I start Synaptic 13.333
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.945
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.563
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.670
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.719
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.247
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.581
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.618
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.736
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.921
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.262
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.730
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.187
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:26.040
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 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:48.671
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.689
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.464
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.585
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.001
And I enable persistence 8.228
# 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
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 12.539
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.382
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.059
And Tor is ready 14.220
And available upgrades have been checked 0.066
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.662
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.747
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.767
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.554
And I enable persistence 8.553
# 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 11.995
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.354
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.081
And Tor is ready 23.940
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.191
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.582
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 0.168
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.807
And I enable persistence 7.964
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 12.506
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.569
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.942
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010