Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 14 22 May 2026, 14:43

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 13:23.195 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
2:52.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.011
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.023
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.068
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.787
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.482
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.004
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.318
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.617
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.186
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.254
And I enable persistence 17.646
And I log in to a new session 12.504
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.213
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.812
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.678
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 10.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.501
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.099
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.841
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.269
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.137
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:2.857
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.049
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.548
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.720
When I start Synaptic 12.763
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.658
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.434
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.706
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.212
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.344
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.399
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.917
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.197
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.417
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.846
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:22.394
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.626
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.928
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.663
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.021
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.697
And I enable persistence 7.093
# 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 0.058
And I log in to a new session 11.468
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.205
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.072
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 13.153
And available upgrades have been checked 1.104
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.331
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.251
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.248
And I enable persistence 7.053
# 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 11.441
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.337
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.074
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 18.127
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.761
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.702
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.501
And I enable persistence 6.626
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 11.303
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.802
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.266
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014