Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 56 28 Sep 2026, 17:21

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 12:25.489 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
2:42.452
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 48.394
And I update the APT lists using apt 9.515
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.215
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.128
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.846
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.478
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.358
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.698
And I enable persistence 20.877
And I log in to a new session 8.288
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.124
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.682
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.728
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.796
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.948
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.548
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.829
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.196
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.091
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.605
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 a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.883
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.143
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
When I start Synaptic 11.621
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.019
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.935
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.548
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.571
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.299
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.520
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.368
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.626
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.820
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.175
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.339
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.448
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:31.550
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.838
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 6.173
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.234
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.607
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.880
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.959
And I enable persistence 12.683
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 8.296
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.438
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.062
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.413
And available upgrades have been checked 0.045
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.464
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.428
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.137
And I enable persistence 13.333
# 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 8.054
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.168
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 16.853
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.038
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.329
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.333
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.552
And I enable persistence 11.769
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.079
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.559
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.173
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.588
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.028