Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5964 22 Nov 2025, 12:44

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 17:44.165 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
3:38.553
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 58.879
And I update APT using apt 6.159
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.255
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.219
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.697
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.249
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.713
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.710
And I enable persistence 22.883
And I log in to a new session 13.480
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.291
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.980
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.797
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:29.626
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 0.174
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:13.618
And I update APT using apt 5.077
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.326
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.335
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 11.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.912
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 0.237
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:13.225
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.589
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.684
When I start Synaptic 13.503
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.743
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.329
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.605
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.694
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.538
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.129
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.856
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.904
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.201
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.630
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:19.239
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 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.921
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.456
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.842
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.758
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.445
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.990
And I enable persistence 8.039
# 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
# 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 0.081
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 10.321
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 13.481
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.645
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.746
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.121
And I enable persistence 7.752
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 11.670
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.491
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.082
And the network is plugged 0.070
And Tor is ready 23.538
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.197
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.428
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:35.833
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 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.591
And I enable persistence 7.785
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.086
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.824
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.779
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.081
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009