Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 118 03 Nov 2026, 03:36

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 12:27.352 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
2:51.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 42.145
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.332
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.402
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.484
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.595
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.573
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.873
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.482
And I enable persistence 16.552
And I log in to a new session 6.982
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.118
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.547
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.403
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.235
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.262
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.368
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.360
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.107
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.406
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.125
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.108
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.468
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.406
When I start Synaptic 11.346
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.849
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.336
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.435
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.104
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.442
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.126
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.141
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.618
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.129
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.327
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.395
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:4.316
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.894
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 5.505
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.871
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.395
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.555
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.661
And I enable persistence 10.269
# 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 6.823
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.197
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.071
# 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 0.099
And the network is plugged 0.046
And Tor is ready 11.687
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.281
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.544
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.492
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.346
And I enable persistence 10.584
# 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 6.529
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 13.883
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.831
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.896
And I enable persistence 10.424
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
And I log in to a new session 6.806
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.568
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.733
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005