Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 17 21 Oct 2026, 06:06

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 12:25.860 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
2:52.939
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.568
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.036
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.378
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.017
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.188
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.474
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.817
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.977
And I enable persistence 17.159
And I log in to a new session 6.992
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.351
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.415
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.478
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.542
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.909
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.264
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.971
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.394
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.438
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.187
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.110
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.486
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.407
When I start Synaptic 11.528
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.895
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.105
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.291
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.511
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.113
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.498
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.027
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.124
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.347
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 1:11.918
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 5.672
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.938
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.408
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.511
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.439
And I enable persistence 10.613
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.070
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.164
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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.696
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.298
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.556
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.504
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.001
And I enable persistence 10.427
# 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 6.875
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.146
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 13.666
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.226
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" with network unplugged 31.902
And I enable persistence 10.790
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.927
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.617
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.822
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006