Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 85 12 Oct 2026, 03:26

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 13:9.905 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
3:1.936
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.541
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.687
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.670
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.185
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.670
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.527
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.034
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.150
And I enable persistence 19.456
And I log in to a new session 8.307
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.137
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.578
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.819
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.169
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.014
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 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.396
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.893
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.453
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.129
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:49.662
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 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.941
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.296
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.399
When I start Synaptic 11.905
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.117
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.810
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.297
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.644
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.177
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.497
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.719
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.307
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.714
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.558
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.130
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.422
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.488
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 0.123
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.970
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 5.314
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.834
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.600
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.582
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.520
And I enable persistence 11.317
# 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
# 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 0.052
And I log in to a new session 8.366
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.173
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.024
And Tor is ready 10.903
And available upgrades have been checked 0.061
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.919
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.387
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.694
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.924
And I enable persistence 12.183
# 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 8.209
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.217
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026
And the network is plugged 0.041
And Tor is ready 15.823
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.025
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.803
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 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.912
And I enable persistence 11.931
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.039
And I log in to a new session 7.949
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.215
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.381
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.285
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.490
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029