Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 80 08 Oct 2026, 14:03

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 13:18.170 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
3:15.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.705
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.453
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.481
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.842
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.994
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.833
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.023
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.996
And I enable persistence 24.305
And I log in to a new session 8.594
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.440
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.785
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.560
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.785
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:48.119
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" and I login with an administration password 1:6.178
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.212
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.427
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.173
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.717
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.010
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.330
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.446
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.918
When I start Synaptic 11.857
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.184
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.070
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.556
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.570
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.133
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.561
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.453
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.118
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.173
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.745
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.158
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.327
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.453
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.889
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.087
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 5.764
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.174
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.550
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.958
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.811
And I enable persistence 11.249
# 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 0.017
# 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 7.712
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.152
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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 10.408
And available upgrades have been checked 1.130
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.769
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.573
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.716
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.045
And I enable persistence 10.405
# 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 7.388
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.401
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 16.126
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.052
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.630
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.835
And I enable persistence 10.472
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 7.725
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.651
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.765
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.209
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005