Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 75 06 Oct 2026, 19:39

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 13:4.476 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
2:57.762
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.387
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.929
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.424
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.664
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.729
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.439
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.856
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.772
And I enable persistence 17.821
And I log in to a new session 7.366
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.126
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.534
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.587
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.038
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.289
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.124
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.359
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.125
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.713
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 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.221
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.149
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.485
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
When I start Synaptic 11.897
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.095
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.675
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.513
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.547
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.560
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.636
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.228
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.064
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.154
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.492
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:26.713
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 0.097
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.384
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 5.583
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.895
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.618
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.322
And I enable persistence 11.298
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 7.588
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.198
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.677
And available upgrades have been checked 0.044
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.833
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.650
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.775
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.084
And I enable persistence 12.127
# 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 8.019
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.214
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 14.871
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.044
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.759
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.247
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.837
And I enable persistence 10.254
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060
And I log in to a new session 8.223
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.014
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.517
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.246
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.269
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006