Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 82 09 Oct 2026, 03:21

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 12:51.399 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
2:56.274
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 44.445
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.868
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.464
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.768
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.725
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.483
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.839
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.876
And I enable persistence 17.943
And I log in to a new session 7.346
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.111
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.731
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.568
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.142
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.638
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.410
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 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:50.661
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.114
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.128
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.450
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.371
When I start Synaptic 11.474
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.091
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.084
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.374
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.686
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.548
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.419
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.111
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.735
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.516
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.507
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:19.148
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 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.167
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.253
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.988
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.500
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.581
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.906
And I enable persistence 10.832
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 9.289
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.454
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.035
And Tor is ready 11.967
And available upgrades have been checked 0.046
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.275
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.518
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.291
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.970
And I enable persistence 12.713
# 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 7.151
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 15.587
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.843
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 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.699
And I enable persistence 11.586
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 7.727
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.822
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.794
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.313
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006