Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5974 27 Nov 2025, 21:34

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 18:58.918 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
4:1.328
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 1:0.151
And I update APT using apt 6.264
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.296
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.922
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 33.613
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.512
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:8.374
And I enable persistence 26.072
And I log in to a new session 13.009
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.366
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.855
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.681
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:6.145
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 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:49.325
And I update APT using apt 6.002
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.332
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.242
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.865
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:20.168
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 0.232
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:41.751
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.441
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.608
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.923
When I start Synaptic 17.077
And I update APT using Synaptic 24.724
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.762
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.907
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.922
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.224
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.659
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.799
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.668
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.778
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.204
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.647
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.607
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.708
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:49.800
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 a computer 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.719
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.517
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.440
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.774
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.685
And I enable persistence 9.272
# 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 0.025
# 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 14.770
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.885
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.057
And Tor is ready 14.166
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.248
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.554
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.560
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:7.461
And I enable persistence 7.942
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 13.464
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.524
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.050
And Tor is ready 24.156
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.213
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:41.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given a computer 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:6.820
And I enable persistence 8.767
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.094
# 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 0.090
And I log in to a new session 13.753
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.770
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.474
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021