Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 101 26 Oct 2026, 18:55

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 12:27.132 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
2:28.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.082
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.095
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.176
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.614
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.138
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.538
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.015
And I enable persistence 17.500
And I log in to a new session 6.821
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.107
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.635
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.457
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.511
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.292
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.013
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.531
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.488
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.128
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.441
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.270
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.456
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.463
When I start Synaptic 11.580
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.122
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.031
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.537
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.570
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.215
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.617
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.168
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.835
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.512
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:17.371
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.692
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.149
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.992
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.478
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.596
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.852
And I enable persistence 10.727
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 7.894
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.206
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.089
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.865
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.438
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.743
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.392
And I enable persistence 11.660
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.718
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.051
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 14.098
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.127
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.668
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.449
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.228
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.627
And I enable persistence 11.777
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.030
And I log in to a new session 7.673
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.678
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.127
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005