Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 7 17 May 2026, 14:16

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 12:20.055 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
2:37.516
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 46.534
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.311
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.302
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.072
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.806
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.674
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.013
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.752
And I enable persistence 13.669
And I log in to a new session 10.510
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.409
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.680
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.664
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:21.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.696
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.874
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.316
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.278
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.922
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 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.492
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.589
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.501
When I start Synaptic 12.178
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.134
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.456
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.451
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.737
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.408
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.557
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.180
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.004
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.733
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.445
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:30.348
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.345
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 8.553
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.626
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.994
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.308
And I enable persistence 5.661
# 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 0.009
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 9.192
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.226
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 13.639
And available upgrades have been checked 1.138
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.420
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.514
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.411
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.160
And I enable persistence 5.463
# 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 10.937
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.179
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 16.572
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.055
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.047
And I enable persistence 5.368
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 9.983
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.574
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.980
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007