Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 22 26 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 12:53.441 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
2:59.363
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 43.455
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.394
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.427
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.588
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.379
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.531
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.041
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.668
And I enable persistence 19.360
And I log in to a new session 8.082
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.117
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.689
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.534
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.530
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.926
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.360
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 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.149
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.146
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.436
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
When I start Synaptic 11.983
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.103
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.076
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.416
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.133
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.548
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.063
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.791
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.708
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.404
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.798
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.731
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.859
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.132
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.819
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.411
And I enable persistence 11.545
# 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 0.064
And I log in to a new session 7.868
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.154
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.582
And available upgrades have been checked 0.076
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.877
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.553
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.623
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.462
And I enable persistence 10.841
# 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 0.018
And I log in to a new session 7.266
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 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 15.849
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.982
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 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.162
And I enable persistence 11.065
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 8.450
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.566
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.515
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005