Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 20 24 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 12:8.433 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
2:26.050
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 44.586
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.281
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.142
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.435
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.627
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.535
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.794
And I enable persistence 17.661
And I log in to a new session 6.598
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.134
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.508
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.536
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:40.502
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.143
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.690
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.404
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.134
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.128
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 0.127
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.086
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.323
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
When I start Synaptic 11.362
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.986
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.751
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.494
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.459
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.442
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.063
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.125
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.580
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.462
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:11.701
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.899
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012
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 3.896
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.451
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.526
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.185
And I enable persistence 10.275
# 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 7.201
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.196
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.474
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.774
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.404
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.453
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.119
And I enable persistence 10.603
# 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 6.592
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 14.652
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.050
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.713
And I enable persistence 10.765
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.219
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.169
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.818
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030