Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5973 27 Nov 2025, 15:47

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 20:16.420 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
3:51.630
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 59.849
And I update APT using apt 6.859
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.318
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 23.642
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.295
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.543
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.336
And I enable persistence 24.535
And I log in to a new session 13.540
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.396
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.902
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.858
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:29.243
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 0.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:10.489
And I update APT using apt 6.934
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 7.129
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.342
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.374
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
5:3.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.270
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 3:26.588
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.312
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.652
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.647
When I start Synaptic 14.034
And I update APT using Synaptic 23.286
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 17.076
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.618
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.746
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.288
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.154
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.822
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.579
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.275
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.554
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.309
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.712
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
7:7.495
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.018
Given a computer 0.229
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:8.855
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.020
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 12.022
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.109
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.740
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.440
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.424
And I enable persistence 8.095
# 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 0.019
# 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 0.069
And I log in to a new session 14.303
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.768
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 3.021
And Tor is ready 12.960
And available upgrades have been checked 0.057
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.322
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.093
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.796
And I enable persistence 9.611
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 14.260
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.275
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 24.111
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.169
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:44.343
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 0.190
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.306
And I enable persistence 7.909
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.050
# 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 0.061
And I log in to a new session 14.561
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.382
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.300
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019