Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5991 08 Dec 2025, 19:43

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 16:30.854 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
3:40.340
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
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 1:0.927
And I update APT using apt 13.664
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.769
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.215
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 24.869
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.522
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.866
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.198
And I enable persistence 28.717
And I log in to a new session 13.873
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.727
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.009
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.755
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:40.774
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 0.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:23.353
And I update APT using apt 6.519
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.412
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.240
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:32.374
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 0.200
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.636
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.345
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.677
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.639
When I start Synaptic 14.682
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.211
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.043
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.594
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.662
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.708
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 11.314
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.906
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.980
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.599
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:42.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given a computer 0.251
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.144
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.154
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.359
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.828
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.747
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.636
And I enable persistence 8.174
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 14.107
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.340
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.051
And Tor is ready 12.974
And available upgrades have been checked 1.127
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.257
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.077
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.681
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.745
And I enable persistence 7.940
# 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 13.361
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.336
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.091
And the network is plugged 0.109
And Tor is ready 23.597
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:54.798
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 0.165
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 49.957
And I enable persistence 20.108
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 19.117
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 19.673
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.934
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 4.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 8.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.041