Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_migrate-vms 2 07 Oct 2026, 01:40

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 12:54.960 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
2:55.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.820
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.424
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.470
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.798
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.865
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.089
And I enable persistence 17.789
And I log in to a new session 6.961
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.104
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.596
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.466
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:46.518
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.574
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.125
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.446
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.210
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.422
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.458
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.383
When I start Synaptic 11.490
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.121
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.595
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.487
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.501
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.111
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.959
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.658
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.123
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.480
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:17.830
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.320
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 5.777
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.319
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.510
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.560
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.794
And I enable persistence 11.337
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 7.978
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.164
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.056
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.960
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.645
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.682
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.468
And I enable persistence 11.354
# 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 7.402
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.154
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 15.870
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.416
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.081
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.064
And I enable persistence 10.194
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.028
And I log in to a new session 6.924
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.596
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.949
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005