Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 124 05 Nov 2026, 03:27

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 12:13.239 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
2:23.604
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.008
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.380
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.542
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.701
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.283
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.476
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.939
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.708
And I enable persistence 17.060
And I log in to a new session 7.034
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.200
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.487
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.518
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.654
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.485
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.055
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.738
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.444
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.128
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.756
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.249
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.274
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.413
When I start Synaptic 11.313
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.111
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.410
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.535
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.431
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.127
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.491
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.501
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.088
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.046
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.115
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.472
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.387
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:17.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.713
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 5.574
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.087
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.453
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.969
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.280
And I enable persistence 10.699
# 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 7.954
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.168
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.213
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.440
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.597
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.788
And I enable persistence 10.142
# 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 7.939
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 16.150
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.035
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.511
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.035
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 33.668
And I enable persistence 10.896
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 7.995
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 5.698
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005