Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 9 21 May 2026, 15:15

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 13:15.243 Passed
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
2:48.894
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 48.266
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.084
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.284
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.988
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.762
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.769
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.290
And I enable persistence 19.071
And I log in to a new session 11.422
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.177
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.625
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.730
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.172
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
1:28.312
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.744
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.043
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.248
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.154
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
3:5.103
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.080
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.212
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.752
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
When I start Synaptic 12.358
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.657
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.165
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.216
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.265
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.941
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.419
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007
4:50.107
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.605
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 9.718
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.751
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.614
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.239
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.674
And I enable persistence 6.961
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 10.862
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.235
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.056
# 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 0.104
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 12.314
And available upgrades have been checked 3.244
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.523
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.684
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.731
And I enable persistence 6.561
# 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 10.375
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.249
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.017
And Tor is ready 17.081
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.059
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
1:2.826
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 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.495
And I enable persistence 6.326
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 11.082
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.655
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.031
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016