Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 19 23 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 12:24.266 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
2:52.175
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 42.607
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.469
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.420
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.773
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.521
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.864
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.305
And I enable persistence 16.988
And I log in to a new session 7.448
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.127
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.591
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.465
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.715
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.471
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.114
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.744
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.365
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.138
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.117
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.294
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.447
When I start Synaptic 11.846
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.939
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.138
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.288
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.462
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.121
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.551
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.157
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.037
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.487
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.238
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.546
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.450
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 5.692
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.016
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.275
And I enable persistence 10.349
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 6.745
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.164
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 9.981
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.767
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.672
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.457
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.780
And I enable persistence 10.632
# 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 7.674
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.181
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.049
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 13.737
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.955
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.355
And I enable persistence 10.535
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.959
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.402
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.530
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005