Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 126 05 Nov 2026, 12:34

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 12:48.450 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
2:56.399
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.417
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.724
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.358
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.175
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.264
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.605
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.843
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.782
And I enable persistence 19.048
And I log in to a new session 6.927
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.603
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 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.537
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.995
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 0.101
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.941
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.329
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.445
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.130
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.723
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.716
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.027
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.158
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.456
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.562
When I start Synaptic 12.043
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.954
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.953
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.650
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.137
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.494
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.090
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.288
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.681
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.554
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.379
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.339
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.326
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 5.784
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.061
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.487
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.576
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.340
And I enable persistence 10.171
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.544
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.194
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.502
And available upgrades have been checked 0.038
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.838
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.351
And I enable persistence 11.061
# 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 8.011
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.172
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 16.049
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.373
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.126
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.087
And I enable persistence 11.898
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 8.141
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.569
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.048
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007