Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 12 16 Oct 2026, 05:50

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 12:5.765 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
2:25.914
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.379
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.129
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.602
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.747
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.506
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.911
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.078
And I enable persistence 16.620
And I log in to a new session 7.668
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.113
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.397
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.477
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.292
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 1:2.805
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.826
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.382
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.285
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.314
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.147
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.448
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.497
When I start Synaptic 11.670
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.009
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.479
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.329
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.506
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.124
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.445
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.095
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.943
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.567
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.393
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.026
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 5.754
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.098
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.506
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.527
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.804
And I enable persistence 9.911
# 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 0.036
And I log in to a new session 6.490
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.155
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.643
And available upgrades have been checked 0.054
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.422
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.401
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.450
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.396
And I enable persistence 10.526
# 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 7.906
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 13.725
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.058
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.878
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 0.138
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.151
And I enable persistence 10.509
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 6.725
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.230
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.827
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006