Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 1 06 Oct 2026, 12:00

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 13:5.412 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
2:57.345
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.210
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.150
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.435
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.111
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.952
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.529
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.961
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.473
And I enable persistence 18.675
And I log in to a new session 8.557
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.115
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.616
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.476
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.742
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.837
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.247
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.407
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.124
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.400
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.063
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.153
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.515
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.456
When I start Synaptic 11.784
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.950
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.913
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.408
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.435
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.079
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.477
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.572
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.009
Given a computer 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.446
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 5.070
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.009
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.834
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.116
And I enable persistence 10.796
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 7.262
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.069
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.887
And available upgrades have been checked 1.083
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.325
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 17.798
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.229
And I enable persistence 11.814
# 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 7.018
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.152
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 14.858
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.971
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.351
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 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.238
And I enable persistence 12.134
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.883
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.752
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.982
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005