Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5986 06 Dec 2025, 11:37

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 17:41.520 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
4:9.902
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 51.911
And I update APT using apt 6.629
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.888
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 42.515
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.293
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.015
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 49.879
And I enable persistence 37.014
And I log in to a new session 15.149
And the Additional Software installation service has started 21.076
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.130
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.452
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 1.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.393
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:19.526
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.221
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:58.880
And I update APT using apt 9.167
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.341
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.842
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.087
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:56.170
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 8.505
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:5.378
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.624
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.710
When I start Synaptic 14.420
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.318
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 15.026
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.913
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.852
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 6.437
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.995
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.110
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.366
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 5.573
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.342
When I install "cowsay" using apt 6.438
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.157
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:57.289
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 0.171
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.434
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 9.282
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.291
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.716
And I enable persistence 9.151
# 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
# 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 0.057
And I log in to a new session 16.594
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.574
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 0.083
And the network is plugged 0.052
And Tor is ready 15.152
And available upgrades have been checked 0.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.496
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.892
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.864
And I enable persistence 7.611
# 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 0.030
And I log in to a new session 15.154
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.753
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.063
And Tor is ready 27.041
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.175
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:18.632
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 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.357
And I enable persistence 10.393
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.096
And I log in to a new session 13.250
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.282
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.499
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011