Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 109 28 Oct 2026, 19:44

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 13:41.950 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
3:7.786
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
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 47.631
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.985
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.501
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.105
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.728
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.526
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.887
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.632
And I enable persistence 21.984
And I log in to a new session 8.274
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.104
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.630
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.669
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.123
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:50.135
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.746
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.512
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.514
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.200
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.794
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.618
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.841
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.296
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
When I start Synaptic 11.879
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.362
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.572
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.777
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.631
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.631
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.227
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.808
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.001
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.169
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.396
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:39.100
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.606
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.683
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.051
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.113
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.824
And I enable persistence 13.420
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.425
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 0.024
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.438
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.948
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.394
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.622
And I enable persistence 13.562
# 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 8.543
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.170
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 16.099
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.961
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.088
And I enable persistence 14.202
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 9.890
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.700
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.201
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006