Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 16 20 Oct 2026, 05:57

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 12:19.638 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
2:51.419
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 44.160
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.162
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.486
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.469
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.137
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.479
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.897
And I enable persistence 16.825
And I log in to a new session 6.768
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.092
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.445
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.484
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.621
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.630
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 an administration password 1:1.219
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.798
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.363
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.123
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.247
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.672
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.130
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.318
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.435
When I start Synaptic 11.667
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.887
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.407
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.484
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.314
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.692
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.632
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.128
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.457
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.950
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.716
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 5.771
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.063
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.489
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.924
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.426
And I enable persistence 9.865
# 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 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.423
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.150
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 10.758
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 2.325
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.381
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.516
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.703
And I enable persistence 10.770
# 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 6.505
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.139
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 12.580
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.390
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" with network unplugged 32.757
And I enable persistence 10.623
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.419
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.518
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.693
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.244
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005