Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 15 19 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 12:30.024 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
2:51.925
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 42.900
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.164
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.383
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.533
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.739
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.502
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.837
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.846
And I enable persistence 17.817
And I log in to a new session 6.916
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.119
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.536
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.518
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.221
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 an administration password 1:2.129
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.457
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.341
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.787
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.957
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.473
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.413
When I start Synaptic 11.838
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.113
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.346
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.307
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.491
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.123
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.285
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.451
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.120
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.112
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.111
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.461
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:12.379
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.114
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 5.289
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.909
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.977
And I enable persistence 10.248
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 7.868
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.133
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.432
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.918
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.463
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.415
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.522
And I enable persistence 10.539
# 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 7.873
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.149
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 14.510
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.033
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.709
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.074
And I enable persistence 11.061
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 6.310
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.625
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.459
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005