Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 107 28 Oct 2026, 19:20

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 13:21.586 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
3:7.079
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.018
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.035
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.320
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.382
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.772
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.571
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.671
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.977
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.262
And I enable persistence 19.326
And I log in to a new session 7.287
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.112
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.653
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.609
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:47.764
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008
Given a computer 0.102
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.819
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.255
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.407
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.132
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.923
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.630
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.583
When I start Synaptic 12.037
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.192
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.797
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.314
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.578
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.311
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.615
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.154
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.135
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.731
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.280
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.795
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 5.899
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.023
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.669
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.561
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.294
And I enable persistence 12.408
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.717
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.236
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.383
And available upgrades have been checked 0.034
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.925
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.499
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.312
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.307
And I enable persistence 12.688
# 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 8.628
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.175
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 15.930
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.488
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 0.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.058
And I enable persistence 12.449
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 7.868
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.961
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.931
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006