Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_add-relevant-binary-packages-script 4 11 Oct 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 12:20.610 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
2:49.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.016
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.011
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.000
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.503
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.604
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 12.448
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.447
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.984
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.227
And I enable persistence 17.226
And I log in to a new session 6.924
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.362
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.477
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.229
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.114
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.534
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.334
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.123
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.411
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.128
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.119
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.444
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.367
When I start Synaptic 11.563
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.887
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.168
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.377
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.448
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.537
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.495
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.329
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.669
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.125
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.501
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:6.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
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 1:12.077
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 5.399
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.983
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.531
And I enable persistence 10.542
# 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 0.035
And I log in to a new session 6.780
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.148
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.348
And available upgrades have been checked 1.077
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.361
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.370
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.507
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.039
And I enable persistence 10.316
# 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 7.762
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 14.050
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.607
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.073
And I enable persistence 10.355
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 6.696
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.658
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.668
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006