Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 8 18 May 2026, 14:24

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 12:56.460 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
2:39.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.731
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.526
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.227
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.383
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.951
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.709
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.227
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.830
And I enable persistence 15.592
And I log in to a new session 10.521
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.167
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.716
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.692
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.153
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:27.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.614
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.286
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.252
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 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.505
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.020
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.007
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.836
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.409
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
When I start Synaptic 12.367
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.665
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.048
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.566
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.703
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.226
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.646
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.398
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.226
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.931
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.213
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.406
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.585
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:45.726
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 0.065
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.069
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 9.005
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.685
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.008
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.513
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.137
And I enable persistence 6.306
# 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
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 10.955
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.246
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.123
And available upgrades have been checked 3.239
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.403
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.395
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.024
And I enable persistence 6.725
# 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 10.969
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.224
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.688
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.069
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.356
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.633
And I enable persistence 7.101
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.076
And I log in to a new session 10.804
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.593
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.958
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007