Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 102 26 Oct 2026, 21:50

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 13:41.336 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
3:3.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.259
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.356
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.448
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.037
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.754
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.812
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.776
And I enable persistence 19.738
And I log in to a new session 7.945
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.159
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.652
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.588
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:46.588
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.903
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.031
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.374
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.150
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.873
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 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.885
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.452
When I start Synaptic 11.583
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.185
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.905
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.492
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.508
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.499
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.463
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.080
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.275
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.642
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.513
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.039
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:54.939
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.734
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 5.217
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.286
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.603
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.352
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.607
And I enable persistence 12.481
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 6.915
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.413
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.031
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 39.737
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.340
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.725
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.431
And I enable persistence 12.207
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.400
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.172
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.958
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.063
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.358
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.116
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.546
And I enable persistence 12.158
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 7.569
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.693
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.940
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005