Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5997 10 Dec 2025, 11:48

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 16:56.770 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
3:35.570
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 59.799
And I update APT using apt 7.631
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.304
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.485
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 28.316
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.580
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.139
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 47.590
And I enable persistence 25.900
And I log in to a new session 13.688
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.269
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.834
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.767
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:51.610
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.161
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:34.473
And I update APT using apt 6.189
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.295
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.382
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:25.805
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 0.201
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:56.938
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.212
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.128
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.697
When I start Synaptic 13.444
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.368
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.004
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.602
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.768
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.056
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.757
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.603
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.050
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.018
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.276
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.819
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.267
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:40.716
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.014
Given a computer 0.185
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.710
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.227
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.855
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.870
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.011
And I enable persistence 11.959
# 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 0.023
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 13.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.530
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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.073
And Tor is ready 42.665
And available upgrades have been checked 0.064
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.711
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 24.979
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 46.653
And I enable persistence 7.797
# 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 0.023
And I log in to a new session 14.722
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.332
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 42.713
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.216
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:23.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
Given a computer 0.206
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.662
And I enable persistence 11.125
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.078
# 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 0.098
And I log in to a new session 14.251
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.997
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.173
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.475
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014