Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 114 01 Nov 2026, 03:40

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 14:16.149 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
2:53.271
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.386
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.037
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.418
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.697
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.461
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.537
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.407
And I enable persistence 16.945
And I log in to a new session 7.110
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.125
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.648
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.503
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.830
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.335
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.974
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.764
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.345
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.135
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.302
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.577
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.126
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.463
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.303
When I start Synaptic 11.709
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.876
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.064
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.527
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.118
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.358
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.510
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.163
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.197
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.677
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.129
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.508
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:57.611
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.878
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.642
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.202
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.458
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.829
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.414
And I enable persistence 10.505
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 6.536
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.152
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.555
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.078
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.371
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:1.760
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.223
And I enable persistence 10.667
# 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 7.382
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.161
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 14.322
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.330
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.628
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.083
And I enable persistence 10.546
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.089
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.490
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.231
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.214
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006