Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 116 02 Nov 2026, 15:40

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 13:18.628 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
3:4.871
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 45.187
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.293
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.498
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.246
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.802
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.797
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.035
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.685
And I enable persistence 21.419
And I log in to a new session 7.524
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.164
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.568
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.555
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.788
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.414
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.091
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.545
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.465
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.874
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.045
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.472
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553
When I start Synaptic 12.109
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.099
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.749
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.303
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.727
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.569
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.562
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.384
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.036
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.729
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.521
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.621
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.518
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 5.756
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.008
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.534
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.892
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.540
And I enable persistence 11.693
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.050
And I log in to a new session 7.702
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063
# 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 0.059
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.760
And available upgrades have been checked 0.054
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.937
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.646
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.915
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.153
And I enable persistence 12.048
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 8.025
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.180
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 15.601
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.041
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.846
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.134
And I enable persistence 11.736
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.430
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.772
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.406
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.249
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031