Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 8 12 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 12:42.134 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
2:53.639
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.239
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.046
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.439
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.737
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.714
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.433
And I enable persistence 17.178
And I log in to a new session 6.893
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.138
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.588
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.452
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.115
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 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.129
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.354
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.354
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.117
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.318
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.055
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.140
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.268
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.397
When I start Synaptic 11.491
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.177
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.134
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.518
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.128
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.484
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.377
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.549
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.699
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.289
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:12.916
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 1:12.429
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 5.562
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.874
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.437
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.519
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.298
And I enable persistence 10.785
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 7.181
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.147
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.153
And available upgrades have been checked 2.148
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.457
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.385
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.495
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.926
And I enable persistence 9.940
# 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 7.630
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.395
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 14.734
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.531
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.145
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.019
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.475
And I enable persistence 10.912
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.028
And I log in to a new session 7.236
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.749
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.401
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015