Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 5 20 Aug 2026, 23:19

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 12:12.864 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
2:28.897
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 45.499
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.734
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.209
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.112
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.552
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.622
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.067
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.297
And I enable persistence 18.582
And I log in to a new session 6.803
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.203
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.609
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.517
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:18.272
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.837
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.988
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.154
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.032
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.665
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.117
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.513
When I start Synaptic 11.758
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.843
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.995
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.483
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.511
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.132
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.315
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.437
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.388
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.641
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.683
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.291
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.480
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 1:14.669
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 5.550
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.793
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.575
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.592
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.182
And I enable persistence 10.926
# 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 0.080
And I log in to a new session 7.737
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.158
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.030
# 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 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 11.535
And available upgrades have been checked 1.126
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.540
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.722
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.999
And I enable persistence 11.688
# 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 0.005
And I log in to a new session 8.062
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.147
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 20.385
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.341
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.181
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" with network unplugged 32.510
And I enable persistence 14.758
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 8.244
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.166
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.941
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.434
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.745
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042