Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 5 15 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 13:8.933 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
2:55.850
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.478
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.391
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.308
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.895
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.832
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.691
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.573
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.830
And I enable persistence 19.282
And I log in to a new session 10.798
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.162
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.660
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.807
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.137
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:28.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.478
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.588
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.262
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 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.755
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.094
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.245
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.606
When I start Synaptic 12.549
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.230
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.157
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.428
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.598
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.208
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.520
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.071
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.217
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.433
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:36.292
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 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.670
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.492
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.815
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.660
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.216
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.712
And I enable persistence 6.760
# 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 0.056
And I log in to a new session 11.261
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.170
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 12.380
And available upgrades have been checked 2.204
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.509
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.569
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.192
And I enable persistence 6.880
# 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
And I log in to a new session 10.128
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.547
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 19.449
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.952
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.375
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 0.058
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.463
And I enable persistence 5.871
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.057
And I log in to a new session 10.214
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.722
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.927
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008