Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 121 04 Nov 2026, 03:29

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 12:25.238 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
2:52.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 42.687
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.761
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.374
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.598
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.844
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.545
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.901
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.194
And I enable persistence 17.097
And I log in to a new session 7.133
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.112
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.575
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.439
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.913
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" and I login with an administration password 1:2.539
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.792
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.342
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.121
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.514
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.480
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.123
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.459
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.388
When I start Synaptic 11.769
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.102
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.126
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.362
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.545
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.340
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.834
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.702
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.180
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.443
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.378
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:7.569
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 1:10.449
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 5.623
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.195
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.468
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.624
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.247
And I enable persistence 10.507
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 6.948
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.231
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.573
And available upgrades have been checked 1.083
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.334
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.570
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.470
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.926
And I enable persistence 10.471
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.706
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.144
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.025
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 14.608
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.047
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.050
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.876
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" with network unplugged 31.861
And I enable persistence 10.103
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.029
And I log in to a new session 7.529
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.620
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.602
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005