Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 76 06 Oct 2026, 19:55

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 13:33.352 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
3:4.248
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.052
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.166
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.709
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.410
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.817
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.571
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.233
And I enable persistence 18.216
And I log in to a new session 8.434
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.116
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.695
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.580
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:49.995
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 0.110
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.587
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.448
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.541
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.239
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.877
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.539
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 0.130
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.198
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.158
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.508
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
When I start Synaptic 12.182
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.929
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.666
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.317
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.680
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.349
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.143
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.081
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.806
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.130
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.499
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.955
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 a computer 0.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.765
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.299
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.175
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.629
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.364
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.247
And I enable persistence 12.087
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 8.087
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.034
And Tor is ready 10.586
And available upgrades have been checked 1.109
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.991
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.484
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.016
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.675
And I enable persistence 13.383
# 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 0.011
And I log in to a new session 8.656
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.216
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.030
And Tor is ready 15.405
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.066
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.499
And I enable persistence 13.225
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 8.549
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.697
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.294
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006