Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 71 05 Oct 2026, 20:57

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 13:25.100 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
3:28.523
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:13.024
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.861
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.437
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.027
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.647
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.690
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.561
And I enable persistence 20.756
And I log in to a new session 8.101
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.106
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.619
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.519
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.915
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.299
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 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.299
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.143
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.528
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.184
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.776
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 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.623
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.460
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.405
When I start Synaptic 11.991
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.221
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.093
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.373
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.484
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.562
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.170
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.972
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.604
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.303
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.223
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 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.923
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 5.726
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.305
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.692
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.950
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.603
And I enable persistence 10.879
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 8.088
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 0.051
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.343
And available upgrades have been checked 1.150
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.324
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.413
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.678
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.899
And I enable persistence 11.185
# 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 8.297
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 15.993
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.033
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.430
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.277
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.132
And I enable persistence 11.718
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.056
And I log in to a new session 7.520
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.599
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.098
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.021