Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 16 27 Aug 2026, 20:45

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 11:33.018 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
2:25.514
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.135
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.496
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.147
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.244
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.591
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.682
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.822
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.245
And I enable persistence 17.358
And I log in to a new session 6.584
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.117
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.575
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.432
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.824
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.480
And I update the APT lists using apt 3.963
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.127
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.128
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.690
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.012
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.336
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.132
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.436
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.416
When I start Synaptic 11.820
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.828
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.269
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.579
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.454
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.105
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.442
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.454
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.077
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.905
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.616
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.420
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.924
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:7.195
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.959
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 5.040
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.999
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.419
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.556
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.038
And I enable persistence 10.212
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 6.749
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.166
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 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 10.632
And available upgrades have been checked 1.083
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.317
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.422
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.535
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.366
And I enable persistence 10.080
# 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 6.426
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.156
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 13.645
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.470
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 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.251
And I enable persistence 10.980
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 6.483
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.423
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.985
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005