Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 6 10 Oct 2026, 06:02

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 12:48.518 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
2:58.720
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.485
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.032
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.396
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.491
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.990
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.608
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.955
And I enable persistence 18.007
And I log in to a new session 7.379
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.516
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.709
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.674
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 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.314
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.553
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.429
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.219
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.811
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.794
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.714
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.303
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.461
When I start Synaptic 11.786
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.277
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.778
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.327
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.358
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.523
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.437
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.108
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.619
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.350
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.889
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 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.961
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.768
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.186
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.078
And I enable persistence 11.810
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.947
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.172
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 11.720
And available upgrades have been checked 0.054
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.286
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.407
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.547
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.655
And I enable persistence 11.560
# 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 8.908
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.158
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 15.474
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.309
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.439
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" with network unplugged 33.695
And I enable persistence 10.859
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.420
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.601
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.702
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006