Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 23 27 Oct 2026, 06:00

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 12:39.983 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
2:53.327
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.129
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.820
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.617
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.543
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.251
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.630
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.840
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.219
And I enable persistence 17.422
And I log in to a new session 7.680
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.101
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.518
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.463
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.014
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 an administration password 1:0.596
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.816
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.358
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.124
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.052
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.753
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.715
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.437
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.390
When I start Synaptic 11.723
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.047
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.100
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.285
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.120
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.475
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.442
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.346
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.533
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.636
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.113
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.273
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.344
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.056
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.022
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.594
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.814
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.005
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.471
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.747
And I enable persistence 10.434
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.007
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.170
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 11.108
And available upgrades have been checked 1.088
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.779
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.597
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.186
And I enable persistence 10.671
# 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 7.528
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
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.808
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.043
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.945
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.865
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.054
And I enable persistence 10.439
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.029
And I log in to a new session 7.718
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.525
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.726
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.296
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023