Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 21 25 Oct 2026, 05:56

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 12:50.762 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
3:0.364
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.944
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.710
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.433
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.115
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.549
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.583
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.897
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.977
And I enable persistence 19.846
And I log in to a new session 7.729
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.124
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.699
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.635
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.937
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.403
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.741
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.500
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.693
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.075
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.859
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.165
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.514
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.469
When I start Synaptic 12.093
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.912
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.852
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.466
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.329
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.885
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.509
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.574
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.504
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.706
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.730
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 5.302
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.941
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.825
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.965
And I enable persistence 10.586
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.373
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 0.054
# 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 0.064
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.356
And available upgrades have been checked 1.122
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.871
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.689
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.607
And I enable persistence 11.079
# 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 8.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.174
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 14.145
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.078
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.678
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.333
And I enable persistence 11.191
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 7.511
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.659
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.798
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006