Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5965 23 Nov 2025, 12:30

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 17:42.244 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
3:51.522
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 57.274
And I update APT using apt 6.007
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.431
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.264
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 28.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.214
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.748
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:11.800
And I enable persistence 21.501
And I log in to a new session 13.136
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.674
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.952
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.845
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.409
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:57.891
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" and I login with an administration password 1:44.218
And I update APT using apt 4.927
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.323
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.194
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:38.375
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 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:14.490
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.180
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.621
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I start Synaptic 13.572
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.923
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.672
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.724
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.780
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.228
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.579
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.698
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.877
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.041
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.575
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:37.831
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:21.480
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 8.614
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.431
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.752
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.323
And I enable persistence 8.036
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 12.073
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 0.049
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 12.538
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.837
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.337
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.393
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.249
And I enable persistence 7.801
# 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 0.033
And I log in to a new session 11.634
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.405
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 22.700
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:36.624
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:3.719
And I enable persistence 7.935
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 12.153
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.110
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.996
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012