Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 104 27 Oct 2026, 18:54

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Installing and running Flatpak apps in Tails 49 0 0 0 0 49 7 0 7 16:47.177 Passed
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Feature Installing and running Flatpak apps in Tails
As a Tails user I may want to install and run software not shipped in Tails or Debian And keep them up-to-date
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0.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have the build manifest for the image under test 0.000
Then Debian package gnome-software-plugin-deb is not installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
3:57.161
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 have started Tails without network with the Flatpak feature from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:42.380
Then process "gnome-software" is not running 0.079
When I try to start GNOME Software 0.081
Then I see an error about GNOME Software requiring Tor to be ready 0.644
And I close the "zenity" window 1.208
And process "gnome-software" is not running 0.045
When the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 12.605
Then process "gnome-software" is running within 10 seconds 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
5:13.159
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 I have started Tails with the Flatpak feature from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in and the network is connected 3:53.612
When I start GNOME Software 3.194
And I install Signal Desktop using GNOME Software 8.121
Then the org.signal.Signal Flatpak is installed after at most 600 seconds 52.443
When I start the org.signal.Signal Flatpak 0.077
Then the org.signal.Signal Flatpak is running 2.433
Given I kill the org.signal.Signal Flatpak 3.397
And I go to the main screen of GNOME Software 0.169
When I uninstall Signal Desktop using GNOME Software 9.596
Then the org.signal.Signal Flatpak is uninstalled after at most 60 seconds 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 7.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.413
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.051
4:2.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails with the Flatpak feature from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in and the network is connected 13.196
When I start GNOME Software 2.452
And I install Thunderbird using GNOME Software 8.877
Then the org.mozilla.thunderbird Flatpak is installed after at most 600 seconds 1:2.498
And the "de" locale is not present in the org.mozilla.thunderbird.Locale Flatpak extension 0.328
Given I set Tails to boot with options "flatpak" 0.000
When I cold reboot the computer 6.178
Then the computer boots Tails 34.788
When I enable persistence 15.932
And I log in to a new session in German (de) 22.941
Given it has been 3 days since GNOME Software checked for updates 0.229
And GNOME Software thinks it is after 06:00 but before 23:00 0.000
When the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.220
Then the "de" locale is present in the org.mozilla.thunderbird.Locale Flatpak extension after at most 600 seconds 1:2.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 8.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075
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12.837
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails with the Flatpak feature from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in and the network is connected 12.104
Then no pseudo-flatpak is impacted by global overrides 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.160
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails with the Flatpak feature from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in and the network is connected 12.149
When I start GNOME Software 2.428
And I install Flatseal using GNOME Software 8.985
Then the com.github.tchx84.Flatseal Flatpak is installed after at most 600 seconds 1:41.311
# shared=ipc is only added to give better performance on X11, but
# we run Wayland so we don't need it
And com.github.tchx84.Flatseal is not impacted by global overrides except shared=ipc 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:16.386
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails with the Flatpak feature from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in and the network is connected 11.548
When I start GNOME Software 2.094
And I install VLC using GNOME Software 8.520
Then the org.videolan.VLC Flatpak is installed after at most 600 seconds 53.887
And org.videolan.VLC doesn't have access to filesystems=host 0.129
# Anti-test: check that the test above is not passing just because VLC
# *specifically* is not asking for filesystems=host anymore (ie: because its
# developers changed the app's manifest)
And org.videolan.VLC asks access to filesystems=host 0.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000