Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 74 06 Oct 2026, 13:52

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 13:39.984 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
3:7.792
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.762
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.075
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.576
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.681
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.112
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.618
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.955
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.221
And I enable persistence 20.817
And I log in to a new session 8.585
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.124
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.421
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.702
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.750
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" and I login with an administration password 1:8.339
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.655
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.425
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.643
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 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.493
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.191
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.489
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.535
When I start Synaptic 11.950
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.262
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.050
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.503
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.145
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.364
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.002
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.325
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.725
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.720
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.999
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.761
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.183
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.826
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 5.589
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.962
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.924
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.993
And I enable persistence 11.935
# 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 0.043
And I log in to a new session 9.374
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.223
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 11.556
And available upgrades have been checked 0.054
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.952
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 18.176
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.338
And I enable persistence 13.271
# 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 0.010
And I log in to a new session 9.333
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.440
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 14.088
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.040
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:10.036
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" with network unplugged 35.834
And I enable persistence 11.712
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.196
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.956
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.969
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.937
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005