Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 18 22 Oct 2026, 05:52

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 12:51.709 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
3:0.407
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.658
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.577
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.414
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.160
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.383
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.614
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.886
And I enable persistence 19.103
And I log in to a new session 7.962
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.446
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.661
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.516
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.018
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.906
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.353
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.484
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.882
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.645
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.447
When I start Synaptic 11.655
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.119
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.047
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.505
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.526
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.154
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.207
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.646
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.442
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.836
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.818
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 5.914
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.211
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.410
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.881
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.942
And I enable persistence 10.852
# 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
# 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 0.036
And I log in to a new session 7.074
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.144
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
# 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 0.024
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.206
And available upgrades have been checked 2.184
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.515
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.613
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.629
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.416
And I enable persistence 10.844
# 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 8.640
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.169
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.978
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.565
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 33.485
And I enable persistence 10.988
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.662
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.718
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.534
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005