Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 4 14 May 2026, 14:25

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 13:2.717 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
2:44.254
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.978
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.277
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.423
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.930
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.901
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.524
And I enable persistence 15.355
And I log in to a new session 10.727
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.170
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.656
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.601
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.905
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.210
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 a computer 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.254
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.082
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.441
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.250
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:0.036
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.014
Given a computer 0.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.010
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.440
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.638
When I start Synaptic 12.610
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.611
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.082
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.733
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.208
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.322
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.115
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.905
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.186
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.736
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.034
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:44.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.175
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.013
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.698
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.928
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.667
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.041
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.815
And I enable persistence 6.842
# 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 0.070
And I log in to a new session 9.748
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.238
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 12.295
And available upgrades have been checked 1.140
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.026
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.552
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.538
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.673
And I enable persistence 6.863
# 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 11.372
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.241
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.021
And Tor is ready 17.540
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.346
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 0.047
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.286
And I enable persistence 6.736
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052
And I log in to a new session 11.223
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.802
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.124
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007