Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 69 05 Oct 2026, 18:06

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 12:34.970 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
2:26.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.208
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.363
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.974
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.417
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.482
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.867
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.384
And I enable persistence 18.347
And I log in to a new session 7.805
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.140
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.639
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.561
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.481
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 an administration password 1:5.513
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.320
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.375
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.134
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.742
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.463
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 1:39.133
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.514
When I start Synaptic 11.698
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.187
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.008
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.540
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.709
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.322
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.544
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.119
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.881
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.819
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.370
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.962
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.888
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.431
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.184
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.269
And I enable persistence 11.761
# 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 0.034
And I log in to a new session 7.860
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.181
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.041
And the network is plugged 0.039
And Tor is ready 10.926
And available upgrades have been checked 0.067
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.887
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.444
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.756
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.231
And I enable persistence 11.554
# 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 8.825
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 0.052
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 15.555
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.303
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.541
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.620
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.632
And I enable persistence 11.358
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 8.959
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.211
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.030
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.298
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.179
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010