Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21615-debian-security-updates-supersede-custom-packages 2 26 May 2026, 01:45

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 12:22.427 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
2:34.532
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.963
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.056
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.312
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.362
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.223
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.225
And I enable persistence 13.525
And I log in to a new session 9.721
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.589
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.680
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.290
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.886
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.904
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.220
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.678
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.227
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.947
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.408
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.478
When I start Synaptic 12.320
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.344
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.756
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.430
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.624
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.393
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.560
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.473
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.214
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.790
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.409
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.584
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.424
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.652
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.584
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.979
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.139
And I enable persistence 5.553
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.865
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 12.593
And available upgrades have been checked 1.096
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.055
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.223
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.906
And I enable persistence 6.417
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 10.317
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 16.848
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.030
And I enable persistence 6.421
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 9.569
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.631
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.977
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.882
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006