Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 12 22 May 2026, 12:05

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 13:8.263 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
2:40.873
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.205
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.908
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.441
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.398
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.722
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.182
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.711
And I enable persistence 15.355
And I log in to a new session 11.012
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.139
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.669
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.721
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.938
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.026
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.759
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.255
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.188
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:1.391
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.572
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.203
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.471
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533
When I start Synaptic 12.432
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.525
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.248
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.783
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.319
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.414
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.935
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.237
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:46.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.271
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 8.932
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.997
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.709
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.910
And I enable persistence 6.576
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 11.941
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.240
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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.857
And available upgrades have been checked 2.134
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.422
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.564
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.018
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.312
And I enable persistence 7.244
# 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 11.364
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 18.366
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.009
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.224
And I enable persistence 6.628
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
And I log in to a new session 10.915
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.254
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.130
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014