Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 13 17 Oct 2026, 05:58

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 12:48.389 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
2:56.755
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.620
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.021
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.375
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.600
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.279
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.478
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.830
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.960
And I enable persistence 19.546
And I log in to a new session 7.569
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.647
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.573
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.669
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.432
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.600
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.346
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.058
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 a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.669
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.161
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.488
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.483
When I start Synaptic 11.654
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.110
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.288
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.488
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.312
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.499
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.344
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.183
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.377
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:17.724
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 a computer 0.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.965
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 5.720
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.018
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.962
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.518
And I enable persistence 11.053
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 7.946
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.171
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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.187
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.794
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.374
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.004
And I enable persistence 11.200
# 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 7.722
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 15.153
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.181
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.181
And I enable persistence 11.161
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 8.129
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.641
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.899
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028