Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 3 07 Oct 2026, 06:22

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 13:17.539 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
3:2.094
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 45.341
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.292
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.507
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 14.606
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.671
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.925
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.000
And I enable persistence 20.752
And I log in to a new session 7.343
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.137
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.651
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.606
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:46.662
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.634
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.273
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.422
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.013
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.363
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.140
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.446
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502
When I start Synaptic 11.927
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.308
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.073
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.299
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.127
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.543
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.565
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.676
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.828
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.196
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.299
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.404
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.986
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 9.188
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.344
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.678
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.115
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.108
And I enable persistence 11.728
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 7.636
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 11.534
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 2.438
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.963
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.505
And I enable persistence 12.753
# 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 8.688
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.027
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 15.438
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.605
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.135
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.899
And I enable persistence 13.020
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 8.836
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.809
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.371
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017