Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 133 09 Nov 2026, 20:44

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 12:34.580 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
2:53.816
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.365
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.768
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.324
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.439
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 12.998
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.628
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.850
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.709
And I enable persistence 17.640
And I log in to a new session 6.899
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.116
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.584
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.397
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.802
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.046
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.081
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.374
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.171
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:43.710
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:31.994
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.268
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.457
When I start Synaptic 11.359
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.812
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.405
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.517
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.392
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.126
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.522
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.411
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.082
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.656
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.607
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.192
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.263
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:10.920
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.134
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 6.007
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.165
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.455
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.892
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.515
And I enable persistence 10.224
# 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 0.003
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 7.753
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.138
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 10.725
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.002
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.662
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.590
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.467
And I enable persistence 10.925
# 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 0.003
And I log in to a new session 7.783
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.171
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 14.836
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.357
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.462
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.328
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.752
And I enable persistence 10.919
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 7.113
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.536
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.639
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005