Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5971 27 Nov 2025, 08:15

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 19:55.250 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
3:45.798
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.659
And I update APT using apt 5.791
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.364
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.511
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 26.875
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.579
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.191
And I enable persistence 25.701
And I log in to a new session 14.757
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.465
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.537
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.982
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.266
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.202
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:49.957
And I update APT using apt 5.111
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.386
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.538
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.459
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:57.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 0.467
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:21.020
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.410
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.642
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.668
When I start Synaptic 14.516
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.172
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.860
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.367
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.821
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.324
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.278
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.898
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.307
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.060
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.212
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.302
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.961
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
8:26.022
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 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.407
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.436
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.133
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.825
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.041
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.128
And I enable persistence 7.947
# 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 0.091
And I log in to a new session 13.219
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.428
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
# 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 0.090
And Tor is ready 14.370
And available upgrades have been checked 0.068
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.034
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.512
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:2.561
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.036
And I enable persistence 7.575
# 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 0.020
And I log in to a new session 14.125
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.967
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.085
And Tor is ready 23.151
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.184
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.931
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:40.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.172
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:5.971
And I enable persistence 8.298
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
# 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 13.150
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.922
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.988
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012