Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 3 10 Oct 2026, 01:42

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 12:35.338 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
2:51.166
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.526
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.330
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.367
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.511
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.165
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.486
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.854
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.949
And I enable persistence 17.127
And I log in to a new session 6.785
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.124
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.370
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.453
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.260
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.842
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.720
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.404
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.476
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.462
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.118
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.416
When I start Synaptic 11.694
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.970
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.147
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.392
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.113
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.298
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.478
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.087
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.713
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.451
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:10.282
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.669
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 5.949
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.025
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.525
And I enable persistence 10.144
# 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
# 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 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.671
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.155
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019
# 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 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.473
And available upgrades have been checked 1.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.339
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.442
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.601
And I enable persistence 10.547
# 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 7.860
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.155
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 15.737
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.152
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 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.176
And I enable persistence 10.510
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.622
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.549
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.933
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.206
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006