Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 2 09 Oct 2026, 01:44

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 12:29.644 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
2:52.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.354
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.231
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.362
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.516
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.454
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.477
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.809
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.983
And I enable persistence 17.161
And I log in to a new session 7.511
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.102
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.429
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.467
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.493
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.584
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.295
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.366
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.121
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.138
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.399
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.140
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.272
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.433
When I start Synaptic 11.464
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.018
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.827
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.331
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.416
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.121
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.504
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.560
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.192
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.893
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.572
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.129
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.300
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:8.698
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.331
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.351
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.155
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.019
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.934
And I enable persistence 11.260
# 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 0.012
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 6.600
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.532
And available upgrades have been checked 1.084
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.305
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.624
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.524
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.102
And I enable persistence 10.669
# 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 0.004
And I log in to a new session 7.267
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.160
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 14.769
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.364
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.787
And I enable persistence 10.440
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.188
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.921
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.847
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005