Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21615-debian-security-updates-supersede-custom-packages 1 25 May 2026, 15:09

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 13:9.937 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
2:40.357
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.888
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.877
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.882
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.708
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.706
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.982
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.030
And I enable persistence 17.565
And I log in to a new session 9.929
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.146
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.644
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.626
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.465
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.665
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.428
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.201
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.150
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.241
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.479
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
When I start Synaptic 12.581
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.510
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.276
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.427
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.194
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.814
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.304
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.038
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.809
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.441
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:49.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.553
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.018
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.351
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.885
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.262
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.888
And I enable persistence 5.957
# 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 0.071
And I log in to a new session 10.353
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.535
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 12.875
And available upgrades have been checked 1.121
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.016
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.644
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.687
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.526
And I enable persistence 6.533
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 12.272
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.166
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 16.933
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.304
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.231
And I enable persistence 6.527
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.062
And I log in to a new session 11.067
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.426
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.488
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.928
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034