Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 5 12 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 12:26.211 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
2:52.345
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.563
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.672
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.375
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.940
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.611
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.601
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.716
And I enable persistence 17.339
And I log in to a new session 7.205
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.094
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.629
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.481
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.579
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.283
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.571
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.381
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.178
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.826
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.196
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.375
When I start Synaptic 11.623
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.039
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.839
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.542
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.130
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.280
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.519
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.380
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.267
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.587
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.119
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.455
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:7.964
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.424
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 5.415
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.101
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.495
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.942
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.036
And I enable persistence 10.634
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 6.770
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.199
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.633
And available upgrades have been checked 0.029
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.819
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.425
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.883
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.223
And I enable persistence 10.330
# 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 7.245
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.159
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 13.768
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.035
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.066
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.725
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.649
And I enable persistence 10.699
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 6.760
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.601
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.814
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005