Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 2 06 Oct 2026, 12:28

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 13:5.742 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
2:57.664
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 44.872
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.272
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.589
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.075
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.856
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.597
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.950
And I enable persistence 18.540
And I log in to a new session 7.623
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.332
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.419
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.491
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.925
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 an administration password 1:4.656
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.569
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.436
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.146
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.420
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.463
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.158
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.426
When I start Synaptic 11.626
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.170
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.613
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.487
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.536
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.166
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.626
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.197
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.489
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.586
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.272
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.447
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.098
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 5.507
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.502
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.628
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.476
And I enable persistence 11.858
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 8.429
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.220
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.897
And available upgrades have been checked 1.091
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.968
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.838
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.959
And I enable persistence 10.830
# 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 7.696
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.172
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 15.243
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.116
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.349
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.060
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.284
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.116
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.127
And I enable persistence 12.770
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.124
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.186
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.689
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006