Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 72 06 Oct 2026, 03:20

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 12:37.817 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
2:54.582
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 43.079
And I update the APT lists using apt 36.221
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.381
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.685
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.811
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.590
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.024
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.022
And I enable persistence 17.374
And I log in to a new session 7.001
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.112
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.684
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.482
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.110
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.419
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.366
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.375
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.394
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.161
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.549
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:45.705
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 0.070
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.242
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.117
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.314
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.461
When I start Synaptic 11.493
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.054
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.208
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.404
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.418
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.125
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.305
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.438
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.086
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.195
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.659
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.445
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:9.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.288
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 5.783
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.901
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.546
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.993
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.480
And I enable persistence 10.819
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 6.515
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 0.037
# 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 0.047
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 10.491
And available upgrades have been checked 1.078
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.769
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.563
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.223
And I enable persistence 10.021
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 6.799
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.151
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 13.985
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.082
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.532
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.830
And I enable persistence 11.243
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031
And I log in to a new session 7.585
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.811
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.732
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005