Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 78 07 Oct 2026, 18:33

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 12:36.076 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
2:43.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.017
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 59.958
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.290
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.211
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.054
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.417
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.590
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.949
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.038
And I enable persistence 18.722
And I log in to a new session 7.368
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.676
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.465
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:42.653
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 0.131
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.407
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.456
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.414
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.185
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.821
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.721
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.090
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.905
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.129
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.372
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.421
When I start Synaptic 12.601
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.967
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.325
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.555
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.163
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.510
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.338
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.917
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.682
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.490
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:15.141
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.969
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 5.355
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.826
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.581
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.146
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.337
And I enable persistence 10.395
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 6.380
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.364
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
# 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 0.055
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 12.840
And available upgrades have been checked 0.045
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.333
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.532
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.607
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.665
And I enable persistence 10.220
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.561
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.170
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 15.368
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.872
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.240
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 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.244
And I enable persistence 11.386
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051
And I log in to a new session 8.935
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.674
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.758
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.671
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006