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
Additional software 78 0 0 0 0 78 5 0 5 13:21.535 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
3:6.157
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.220
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.048
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.386
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.002
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.348
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.607
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.869
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.721
And I enable persistence 19.860
And I log in to a new session 7.620
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.655
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.596
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.418
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.223
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.442
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.421
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.818
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.937
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.651
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.482
When I start Synaptic 11.852
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.251
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.023
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.795
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.110
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.147
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.726
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.152
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.291
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.414
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:28.343
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.118
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.490
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.936
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.538
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.797
And I enable persistence 12.010
# 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 7.982
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.184
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.067
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.316
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.332
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.730
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.908
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.510
And I enable persistence 12.070
# 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 8.364
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.244
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 14.233
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.159
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.098
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.403
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.798
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.815
And I enable persistence 12.401
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 8.080
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.006
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.020
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.712
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015