Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 81 08 Oct 2026, 18:00

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 12:53.507 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
2:58.288
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 47.987
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.872
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.441
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.948
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.922
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.529
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.873
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.435
And I enable persistence 17.786
And I log in to a new session 7.266
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.151
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.411
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.572
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.801
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.349
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 0.120
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.847
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.691
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.505
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.139
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.710
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.798
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.156
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.181
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.318
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.449
When I start Synaptic 11.925
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.083
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.624
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.469
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.525
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.115
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.366
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.182
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.061
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.669
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.283
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.256
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.662
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.395
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.916
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 6.175
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.640
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.649
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.821
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.764
And I enable persistence 10.294
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.740
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.178
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
# 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 0.046
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.655
And available upgrades have been checked 1.078
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.759
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.593
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.710
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.186
And I enable persistence 11.896
# 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 6.962
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.155
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 15.709
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.091
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.591
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.676
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.336
And I enable persistence 11.166
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.120
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.406
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.474
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.782
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005