Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5992 09 Dec 2025, 01:30

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 18:23.712 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
5:8.259
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:42.160
And I update APT using apt 12.438
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.890
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.774
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 45.047
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.384
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.494
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:1.000
And I enable persistence 25.809
And I log in to a new session 16.802
And the Additional Software installation service has started 11.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.255
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.758
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:59.979
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 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:34.098
And I update APT using apt 14.369
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.980
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.292
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:40.251
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 0.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:6.282
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.281
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.634
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.701
When I start Synaptic 17.662
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.284
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.417
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.587
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.699
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.609
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.773
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.825
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.303
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.048
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.950
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.467
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.727
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:13.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.164
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.005
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.024
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.048
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.399
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.735
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.942
And I enable persistence 10.465
# 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
# 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 0.077
And I log in to a new session 14.631
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.437
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.065
And Tor is ready 13.964
And available upgrades have been checked 0.055
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.784
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.900
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.128
And I enable persistence 10.293
# 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 0.021
And I log in to a new session 14.592
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.445
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.060
And Tor is ready 45.218
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.172
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.218
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.075
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:21.259
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.163
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.082
And I enable persistence 8.861
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 15.372
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.219
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.965
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.467
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011