Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5972 27 Nov 2025, 14:41

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 18:38.232 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
4:16.155
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
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 1:1.709
And I update APT using apt 6.465
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.435
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.507
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 36.348
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.393
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.048
And I enable persistence 36.359
And I log in to a new session 13.121
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.400
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.162
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.914
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.202
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:4.779
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 0.222
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:48.351
And I update APT using apt 5.393
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.343
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.403
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.369
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:44.591
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 0.224
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:17.573
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.616
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.971
When I start Synaptic 13.539
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.965
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.479
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.595
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.693
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.238
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.580
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.710
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.995
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.847
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.963
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.640
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:49.386
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 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.839
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.199
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.461
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.286
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.916
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.502
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.066
And I enable persistence 8.175
# 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
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 14.554
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.330
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.053
And Tor is ready 13.174
And available upgrades have been checked 0.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.758
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.487
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.445
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.559
And I enable persistence 8.817
# 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 13.770
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.382
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 24.784
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.137
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:43.318
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.685
And I enable persistence 9.484
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 15.182
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.869
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.236
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011