Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 132 09 Nov 2026, 03:28

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 12:20.714 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
3:6.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 55.672
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.522
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.439
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.635
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.593
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.582
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.571
And I enable persistence 18.123
And I log in to a new session 6.444
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.113
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.572
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.616
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:13.261
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.507
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.284
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.196
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.145
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.599
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.113
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.127
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.447
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.436
When I start Synaptic 11.577
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.851
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.360
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.381
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.510
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.432
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.319
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.966
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.605
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.130
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.270
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.391
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.761
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.466
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 5.857
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.103
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.493
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.963
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.990
And I enable persistence 10.518
# 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 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.734
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.175
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 10.516
And available upgrades have been checked 1.078
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.852
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.621
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.871
And I enable persistence 10.543
# 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 7.089
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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 14.753
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.025
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.942
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.113
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" with network unplugged 31.822
And I enable persistence 10.646
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.001
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.684
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.773
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006