Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 5 09 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 11:35.950 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
2:25.929
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.412
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.517
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.197
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.138
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.210
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.488
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.808
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.549
And I enable persistence 17.758
And I log in to a new session 7.357
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.184
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.631
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.577
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:13.115
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.744
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.951
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.147
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.121
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:38.247
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 1:25.293
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.379
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.492
When I start Synaptic 11.628
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.869
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.456
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.346
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.151
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.528
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.123
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.312
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.282
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.595
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 1:12.919
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.847
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.063
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.466
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.548
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.165
And I enable persistence 10.674
# 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 0.082
And I log in to a new session 7.703
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.417
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
# 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 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 10.892
And available upgrades have been checked 1.095
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.749
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.508
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.304
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.085
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 0.004
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 10.391
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.604
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.063
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.959
And I enable persistence 10.692
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 7.172
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.164
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.745
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005