Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5993 09 Dec 2025, 08:13

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 15:41.001 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
3:27.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
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 1:1.563
And I update APT using apt 6.883
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.325
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.255
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.355
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.369
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.236
And I enable persistence 24.059
And I log in to a new session 15.183
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.686
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.260
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.769
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:39.582
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.015
Given a computer 0.296
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:23.191
And I update APT using apt 5.476
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.296
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.247
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.134
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:23.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:57.819
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.201
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.709
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.613
When I start Synaptic 13.467
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.951
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.949
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.772
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.697
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.623
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.199
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.075
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.076
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.232
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.723
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.048
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:48.834
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.011
Given a computer 0.310
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.661
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.027
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.944
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.412
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.770
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.732
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.950
And I enable persistence 9.298
# 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 0.026
# 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 0.085
And I log in to a new session 13.599
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 11.952
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.135
# 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 0.115
And the network is plugged 0.066
And Tor is ready 13.120
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.663
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 5.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 23.500
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.997
And I enable persistence 7.764
# 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 0.029
And I log in to a new session 15.701
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.386
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.074
And Tor is ready 23.647
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.223
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:20.735
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 0.159
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.029
And I enable persistence 10.559
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
# 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 0.083
And I log in to a new session 12.944
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.596
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.810
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008