Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_migrate-vms 3 07 Oct 2026, 03:41

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 13:14.256 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
3:3.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.254
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.713
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.441
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.149
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.018
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.926
And I enable persistence 20.100
And I log in to a new session 8.286
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.156
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.720
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.536
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.390
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.055
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.547
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.524
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.083
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.634
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.030
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.287
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.470
When I start Synaptic 12.165
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.360
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.642
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.484
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.131
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.529
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.183
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.163
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.698
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.164
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.400
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.739
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.883
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.300
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.320
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.606
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.744
And I enable persistence 12.246
# 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
# 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 0.078
And I log in to a new session 8.560
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.489
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 11.790
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.282
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.430
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.269
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.155
And I enable persistence 12.887
# 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 9.110
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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 16.396
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.462
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 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.094
And I enable persistence 11.331
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 7.927
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.688
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.194
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005