Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21170-upgrade-trixie-13.5 1 18 May 2026, 13:46

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 15:33.863 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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:53.435
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:24.101
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.857
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.654
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.857
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.286
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.286
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.564
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.025
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.649
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.583
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.007
And I enable persistence 17.155
And I log in to a new session 12.794
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.762
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.687
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.368
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.905
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.800
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.285
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.245
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.379
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.746
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.253
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.758
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.662
When I start Synaptic 12.832
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.693
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.431
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.447
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.698
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.328
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.010
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.860
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:1.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.918
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.605
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.807
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.717
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.213
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.972
And I enable persistence 6.970
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 12.538
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.228
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 12.999
And available upgrades have been checked 1.102
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.082
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.590
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.910
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.990
And I enable persistence 7.207
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 11.304
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.260
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 19.252
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.068
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 1.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.521
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.150
And I enable persistence 6.866
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.048
And I log in to a new session 11.536
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.787
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.019
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007