Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 7 11 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 12:40.504 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
2:55.875
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.269
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.395
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.369
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.511
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.045
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.515
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.962
And I enable persistence 17.167
And I log in to a new session 7.450
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.110
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.579
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.523
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.682
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.371
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.575
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.486
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.118
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.667
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.313
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.191
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.276
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
When I start Synaptic 11.622
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.173
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.475
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.427
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.124
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.464
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.119
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.073
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.641
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.115
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.463
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:11.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.120
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 5.258
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.906
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.452
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.509
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.193
And I enable persistence 10.537
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 6.946
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 0.050
# 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 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.808
And available upgrades have been checked 1.125
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.807
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.522
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.088
And I enable persistence 10.264
# 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 7.661
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 14.596
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.535
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.477
And I enable persistence 10.604
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 7.492
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.532
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.111
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026