Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 6 16 May 2026, 14:18

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 12:26.772 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
2:38.201
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 46.873
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.770
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.252
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.465
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.273
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.615
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.989
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.439
And I enable persistence 14.846
And I log in to a new session 10.310
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.578
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.559
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 5.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.255
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 0.049
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.845
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.911
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.234
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.402
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 a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.685
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.200
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.388
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
When I start Synaptic 12.019
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.545
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.338
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.418
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.595
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.455
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.535
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.231
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.326
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.814
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.145
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.416
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.179
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 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.674
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 8.399
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.673
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.828
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.376
And I enable persistence 5.548
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 10.340
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.298
And available upgrades have been checked 1.098
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.485
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.542
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.616
And I enable persistence 5.403
# 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 10.503
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.758
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.955
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.974
And I enable persistence 5.255
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.059
And I log in to a new session 9.502
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.602
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.923
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006