Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 14 18 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 12:56.785 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
2:58.353
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
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 35.363
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.416
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.011
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.319
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.626
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.110
And I enable persistence 19.538
And I log in to a new session 7.793
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.583
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.681
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.686
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.980
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.993
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.482
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.119
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.583
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.292
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.151
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.549
When I start Synaptic 12.229
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.857
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.480
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.541
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.626
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.382
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.186
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.695
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.167
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.579
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.255
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.830
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 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.610
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 7.130
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.302
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.951
And I enable persistence 10.885
# 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 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.556
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.463
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.021
And available upgrades have been checked 1.107
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.258
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.385
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.488
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.259
And I enable persistence 10.551
# 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 6.904
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 13.539
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.332
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.234
And I enable persistence 10.228
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.029
And I log in to a new session 6.955
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.754
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.824
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005