Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 117 02 Nov 2026, 20:42

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 11:28.548 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
2:23.425
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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 43.682
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.609
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.131
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.410
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.941
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.497
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.856
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.709
And I enable persistence 17.187
And I log in to a new session 7.077
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.121
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.595
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 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:13.204
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.109
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.679
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.127
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.146
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 1:33.949
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.157
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.435
When I start Synaptic 11.800
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.127
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.198
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.537
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.114
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.555
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.514
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.087
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.122
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.129
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.452
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:9.786
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.353
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 5.401
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.108
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.536
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.540
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.626
And I enable persistence 11.128
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 6.505
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.186
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.025
And Tor is ready 10.443
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.819
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.407
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.690
And I enable persistence 10.647
# 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 7.372
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.208
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.022
And Tor is ready 15.372
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.885
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
54.984
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.392
And I enable persistence 10.185
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 6.193
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.420
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.631
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005