Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 4 08 Oct 2026, 05:59

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 12:43.229 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
2:30.696
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 47.611
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.108
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.046
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.064
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.566
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.187
And I enable persistence 18.153
And I log in to a new session 7.123
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.145
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.673
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.539
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.312
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.484
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.033
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.432
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.219
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.550
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.743
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.240
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.287
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.405
When I start Synaptic 11.860
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.979
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.093
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.323
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.463
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.539
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.501
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.103
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.707
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.661
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.486
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.664
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.251
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 5.521
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.043
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.985
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.673
And I enable persistence 12.140
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 8.238
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.191
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.794
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.839
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.653
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.042
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.081
And I enable persistence 11.115
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.981
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.155
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 16.853
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.580
And I enable persistence 11.945
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 7.758
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.243
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.902
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005