Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 122 04 Nov 2026, 21:04

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 12:23.113 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
2:53.341
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 44.566
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.031
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.361
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.444
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.518
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.187
And I enable persistence 16.945
And I log in to a new session 7.616
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.112
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.594
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.453
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.008
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.696
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.675
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.376
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.131
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.992
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.119
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.475
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.416
When I start Synaptic 11.437
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.117
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.439
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.335
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.436
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.115
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.320
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.521
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.065
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.425
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.621
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.176
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.336
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:5.381
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 1:10.919
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 5.078
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.913
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.664
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.920
And I enable persistence 10.364
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.176
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.137
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 11.620
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.279
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.662
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.847
And I enable persistence 10.483
# 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 6.755
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.160
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 13.862
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
56.389
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 0.156
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.833
And I enable persistence 10.644
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 6.483
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.362
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.807
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005