Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 10 14 Oct 2026, 05:52

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 12:0.228 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
2:53.231
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
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 43.292
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.773
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.368
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.931
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.760
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.517
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.308
And I enable persistence 17.424
And I log in to a new session 6.706
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.110
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.526
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.653
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.183
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.067
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.154
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.335
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.145
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.123
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.467
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.403
When I start Synaptic 12.475
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.895
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.297
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.309
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.531
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.114
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.289
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.451
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.084
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.942
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.585
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.492
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:10.843
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.505
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 5.716
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.056
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.482
And I enable persistence 10.674
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 6.663
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.160
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.632
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.862
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.577
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.449
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.259
And I enable persistence 10.505
# 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 7.215
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.137
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.503
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.032
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.332
And I enable persistence 10.747
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.540
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.717
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.660
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005