Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 1 27 Mar 2026, 18:13

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 14:24.247 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
3:26.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
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 1:22.526
And I update APT using apt 4.841
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.276
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.197
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.558
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.029
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.910
And I enable persistence 16.727
And I log in to a new session 10.192
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.157
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.686
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.708
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:26.996
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.160
And I update APT using apt 5.206
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.284
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.200
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:3.500
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.199
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.391
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.468
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.542
When I start Synaptic 12.344
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.419
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.390
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.831
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.824
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.330
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.116
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.797
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.764
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:18.872
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.348
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.017
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.441
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.120
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.376
And I enable persistence 6.753
# 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 0.013
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 12.183
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.209
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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.969
And available upgrades have been checked 1.142
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.003
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.552
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.496
And I enable persistence 5.635
# 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 0.014
And I log in to a new session 12.175
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.264
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.092
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 42.189
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.082
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.078
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.752
And I enable persistence 6.991
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 10.591
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.883
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 3.073
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006