Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 16 22 May 2026, 18:09

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 13:38.594 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
2:54.537
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.627
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.396
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.371
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.971
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.984
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.607
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.417
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.507
And I enable persistence 18.990
And I log in to a new session 11.992
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.171
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.677
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.696
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:31.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.312
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.551
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.239
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.178
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:4.984
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.019
Given a computer 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.647
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.429
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.617
When I start Synaptic 12.664
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.200
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.600
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.171
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.369
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.602
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.926
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.172
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.402
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:55.689
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 0.066
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.228
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.774
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.947
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.888
And I enable persistence 7.240
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 11.404
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 14.054
And available upgrades have been checked 2.234
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.130
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.599
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.611
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.574
And I enable persistence 7.429
# 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 11.772
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.077
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 20.115
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:11.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.715
And I enable persistence 6.700
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 11.623
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.817
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.316
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.027