Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 9 13 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 12:53.359 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
2:57.698
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.037
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.953
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.383
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.055
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.123
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.683
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.939
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.259
And I enable persistence 18.573
And I log in to a new session 7.364
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.171
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.543
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.502
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.831
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.337
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.740
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.719
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.504
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.233
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.966
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.267
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.120
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.476
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.471
When I start Synaptic 11.804
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.908
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.233
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.455
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.123
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.461
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.164
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.935
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.308
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.580
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 0.142
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.187
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 5.786
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.815
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.674
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.912
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.662
And I enable persistence 10.777
# 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 7.199
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.574
And available upgrades have been checked 0.068
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.420
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.393
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.973
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.813
And I enable persistence 11.073
# 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 8.223
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 13.117
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.775
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.223
And I enable persistence 10.879
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.271
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.551
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.664
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006