Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 13 22 May 2026, 13:38

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 13:35.872 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
2:52.852
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
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 47.934
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.858
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.257
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.479
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.185
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.656
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.963
And I enable persistence 18.434
And I log in to a new session 12.173
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.167
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.763
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.775
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.481
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.111
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.326
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.207
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 10.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.242
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.554
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.340
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.544
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.661
When I start Synaptic 12.743
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.761
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 10.018
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.542
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.723
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.341
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.878
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.183
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.446
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.527
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.935
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:25.743
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.228
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.929
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.014
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.790
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.600
And I enable persistence 6.076
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.108
And I log in to a new session 11.851
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.247
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.995
And available upgrades have been checked 1.126
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.021
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.637
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.770
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.711
And I enable persistence 6.817
# 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
And I log in to a new session 12.825
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.213
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 17.835
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.045
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.381
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.011
Given a computer 0.124
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.505
And I enable persistence 8.359
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.089
And I log in to a new session 12.776
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.740
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.698
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007