Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 70 05 Oct 2026, 19:19

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 13:10.381 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
3:2.900
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 49.531
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.168
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.393
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.651
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.684
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.544
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.928
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.354
And I enable persistence 18.725
And I log in to a new session 7.518
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.113
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.688
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.522
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.669
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.752
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" and I login with an administration password 1:5.741
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.338
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.366
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.179
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.050
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.113
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.646
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.153
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.312
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
When I start Synaptic 12.022
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.229
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.312
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.315
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.555
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.181
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.486
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.114
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.677
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.818
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.200
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.311
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.748
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.337
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.838
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.044
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.723
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.848
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.993
And I enable persistence 11.882
# 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 0.067
And I log in to a new session 7.655
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 0.057
# 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 0.065
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 11.331
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.906
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.411
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.822
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.166
And I enable persistence 12.151
# 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 8.288
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.042
And Tor is ready 15.341
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.051
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.372
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.930
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.104
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.362
And I enable persistence 11.350
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.080
And I log in to a new session 7.854
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.889
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.005
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.334
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010