Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 130 07 Nov 2026, 03:34

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 14:3.361 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
2:21.992
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 42.168
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.227
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.201
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.065
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.267
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.711
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.879
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.314
And I enable persistence 17.354
And I log in to a new session 6.798
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.132
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.398
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.392
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.635
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.469
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.931
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.887
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.366
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.929
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.120
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.134
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.478
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.473
When I start Synaptic 11.697
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.198
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.373
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.386
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.544
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.442
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.093
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.583
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.128
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.479
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.383
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
6:8.074
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.905
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 5.873
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.914
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.933
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.929
And I enable persistence 10.148
# 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 0.048
And I log in to a new session 7.251
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.028
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 11.578
And available upgrades have been checked 0.053
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.274
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.641
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:12.660
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.027
And I enable persistence 10.474
# 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 7.345
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.128
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 13.704
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.894
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" with network unplugged 31.919
And I enable persistence 10.146
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.055
And I log in to a new session 7.143
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.593
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.741
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.219
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005