Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 73 06 Oct 2026, 13:49

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 13:36.041 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
3:10.890
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 47.095
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.554
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.530
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.031
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.739
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.784
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.197
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.187
And I enable persistence 22.770
And I log in to a new session 9.351
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.165
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.497
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.780
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.647
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:50.398
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.737
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.880
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.413
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.223
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.562
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.278
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.490
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.489
When I start Synaptic 11.798
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.132
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.116
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.541
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.653
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.157
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.432
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.606
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.103
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.562
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.815
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.155
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:34.772
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.137
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.929
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 5.503
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.782
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.630
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.903
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.094
And I enable persistence 13.085
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 8.456
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.187
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.720
And available upgrades have been checked 0.081
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.637
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.583
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.999
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.298
And I enable persistence 13.516
# 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 7.704
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.054
And the network is plugged 0.061
And Tor is ready 16.895
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.072
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.417
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.248
And I enable persistence 12.837
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.491
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.710
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.915
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.540
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024