Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5969 26 Nov 2025, 09:02

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 18:58.256 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
3:54.797
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 1:1.327
And I update APT using apt 8.273
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.572
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.861
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.188
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.205
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 9.233
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.663
And I enable persistence 25.238
And I log in to a new session 13.279
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.741
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.976
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.948
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:7.193
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 0.177
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:50.326
And I update APT using apt 5.877
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.369
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.374
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:8.412
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.218
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:38.530
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.344
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.650
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.732
When I start Synaptic 14.428
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.144
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.854
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.701
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.813
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.190
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.622
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.756
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.631
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.170
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.121
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.182
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.614
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:1.940
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 0.192
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.350
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 9.356
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 8.841
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.276
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.577
And I enable persistence 8.274
# 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
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 14.839
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.336
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.048
And Tor is ready 12.852
And available upgrades have been checked 0.063
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.070
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.950
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.314
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.103
And I enable persistence 23.156
# 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 0.035
And I log in to a new session 16.658
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.696
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 4.066
And Tor is ready 26.070
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.236
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.136
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:45.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.009
Given a computer 0.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:9.249
And I enable persistence 10.735
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.082
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 13.059
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.489
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.451
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010