Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 123 04 Nov 2026, 21:09

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 13:27.514 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
3:3.142
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.759
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.072
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.460
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.090
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.242
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.517
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.148
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.160
And I enable persistence 21.882
And I log in to a new session 9.206
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.109
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.559
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.826
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.387
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.642
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.780
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.594
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.148
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.064
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.603
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.088
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.145
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.461
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
When I start Synaptic 11.745
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.164
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.979
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.565
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.869
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.385
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.643
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.173
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.168
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.901
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.290
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.496
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.270
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:38.729
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 a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.982
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.027
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.976
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.498
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.318
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.488
And I enable persistence 13.856
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 7.569
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.225
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 0.096
And the network is plugged 0.067
And Tor is ready 12.453
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.139
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.426
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.491
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.440
And I enable persistence 12.495
# 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 7.763
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.148
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 16.820
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.870
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.425
And I enable persistence 13.795
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 8.743
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.606
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.865
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008