Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 127 05 Nov 2026, 14:38

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 12:50.812 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
2:56.361
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.067
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.965
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.540
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.008
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.295
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.533
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.958
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.107
And I enable persistence 17.978
And I log in to a new session 7.382
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.130
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.634
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.642
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.554
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.909
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.384
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.134
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.475
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.196
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.164
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.292
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
When I start Synaptic 11.665
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.133
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.341
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.494
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.450
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.676
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.475
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.677
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.648
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.312
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.263
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:22.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.000
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 5.410
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.939
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.490
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.990
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.371
And I enable persistence 10.933
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.045
And I log in to a new session 7.676
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.030
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 11.444
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.331
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.745
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.331
And I enable persistence 12.872
# 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 8.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 15.273
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.086
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.651
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" with network unplugged 32.681
And I enable persistence 11.371
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
And I log in to a new session 7.349
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.630
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.437
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006