Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 68 05 Oct 2026, 16:28

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 13:15.812 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
3:6.498
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 45.115
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.128
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.382
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.293
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.023
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.655
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.547
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.235
And I enable persistence 21.749
And I log in to a new session 9.490
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.384
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.650
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.736
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.897
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.879
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.203
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 0.095
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.616
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.837
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.507
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.089
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.347
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 a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.750
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.444
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.412
When I start Synaptic 12.128
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.164
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.069
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.370
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.596
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.187
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.362
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.688
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.665
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.407
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.555
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.332
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:23.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.818
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 5.886
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.784
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.485
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.844
And I enable persistence 11.836
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.077
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.190
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.055
# 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 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.111
And Tor is ready 12.652
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.814
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.523
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.827
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.594
And I enable persistence 11.232
# 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 0.006
And I log in to a new session 8.314
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 15.995
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.057
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.851
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.141
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.278
And I enable persistence 11.801
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 8.013
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.492
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006