Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5968 25 Nov 2025, 18:12

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 18:27.313 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
4:1.539
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:19.148
And I update APT using apt 6.374
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 8.730
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.838
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.059
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.272
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.962
And I enable persistence 21.080
And I log in to a new session 11.933
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.273
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.107
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.846
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.520
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 0.181
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.149
And I update APT using apt 5.564
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.309
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.235
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:6.373
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:35.586
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.300
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.693
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.737
When I start Synaptic 14.768
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.979
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.549
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.699
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.774
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.613
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.808
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.669
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.390
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.982
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.622
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:36.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:54.764
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 8.872
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.375
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.765
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.632
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.617
And I enable persistence 8.298
# 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
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.149
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.424
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.673
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.551
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 22.887
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.723
And I enable persistence 8.065
# 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
And I log in to a new session 13.475
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.814
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.076
And Tor is ready 23.334
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.177
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:38.763
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 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:4.789
And I enable persistence 8.546
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 12.768
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.843
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.044
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009