Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 115 02 Nov 2026, 03:38

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 11:56.433 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
2:54.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.919
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.085
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.393
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.605
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.752
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.557
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.025
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.025
And I enable persistence 17.187
And I log in to a new session 6.637
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.108
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.565
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.483
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.871
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 a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.668
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.724
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.183
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.166
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.737
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.721
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.433
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.479
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.442
When I start Synaptic 11.499
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.846
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.866
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.120
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.465
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.523
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.113
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.124
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.455
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:6.559
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:9.956
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 5.273
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.990
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.448
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.948
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.228
And I enable persistence 10.296
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 6.829
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 0.038
# 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 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.301
And available upgrades have been checked 0.056
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.242
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.547
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.949
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.440
And I enable persistence 10.384
# 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 6.438
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.174
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 14.463
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.036
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.308
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.841
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.861
And I enable persistence 10.491
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 7.029
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.715
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.562
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.217
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.611
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.097