Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 67 05 Oct 2026, 14:58

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 13:4.344 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
2:57.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.698
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.062
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.387
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.377
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.122
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.591
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.022
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.366
And I enable persistence 18.408
And I log in to a new session 7.420
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.121
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.525
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.499
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.806
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:46.775
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 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.712
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.450
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.318
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.406
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.349
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.176
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.481
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.445
When I start Synaptic 12.170
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.100
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.513
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.490
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.539
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.282
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.493
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.569
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.827
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.560
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.145
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.563
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.818
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.103
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 4.945
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.454
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.983
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.238
And I enable persistence 11.256
# 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
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 7.390
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.204
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.050
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 11.433
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.801
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.593
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.689
And I enable persistence 10.941
# 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 8.291
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.195
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 15.628
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.661
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.461
And I enable persistence 11.666
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 7.984
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.303
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.869
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005