Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5967 24 Nov 2025, 21:11

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 19:54.415 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
3:44.995
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 52.724
And I update APT using apt 6.411
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.438
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.748
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.079
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.336
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.325
And I enable persistence 28.143
And I log in to a new session 14.042
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.993
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.422
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.902
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.366
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:5.051
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 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:47.541
And I update APT using apt 6.469
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.494
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.283
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:56.009
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 0.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:24.744
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.415
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.883
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.809
When I start Synaptic 14.020
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.846
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.382
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.642
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.757
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.872
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.791
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.077
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.998
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.727
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:26.232
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.010
Given a computer 0.256
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.934
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 9.726
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.545
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.003
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.935
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.173
And I enable persistence 8.838
# 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
# 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 13.470
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.447
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.134
# 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 0.094
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 13.016
And available upgrades have been checked 1.290
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.990
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.781
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:2.919
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.598
And I enable persistence 9.618
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.409
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.058
And Tor is ready 24.401
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.193
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:42.126
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.275
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.963
And I enable persistence 9.515
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 13.386
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.367
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.972
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008