Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5966 24 Nov 2025, 12:43

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 18:51.945 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
4:8.591
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 1:1.221
And I update APT using apt 6.849
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.360
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.137
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.636
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.241
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.503
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.939
And I enable persistence 43.670
And I log in to a new session 12.250
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.433
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.127
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.898
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.521
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 0.173
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.244
And I update APT using apt 5.451
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.279
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.549
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 0.208
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.366
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.203
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.539
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.615
When I start Synaptic 13.734
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.913
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.127
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.854
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.734
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.633
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.781
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.065
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.956
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.918
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.712
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.771
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:16.465
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 0.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:26.632
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.316
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.808
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.827
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:10.511
And I enable persistence 8.107
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 12.588
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.448
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 12.995
And available upgrades have been checked 1.103
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.249
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.791
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.664
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.797
And I enable persistence 12.539
# 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 0.025
And I log in to a new session 12.735
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.846
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 23.676
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.182
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.074
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:37.817
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 a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.307
And I enable persistence 8.042
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
# 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 0.079
And I log in to a new session 13.088
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.516
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.129
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015