Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 86 12 Oct 2026, 12:10

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 12:43.064 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
2:44.666
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 48.597
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.506
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.282
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.449
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.236
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.678
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.206
And I enable persistence 20.646
And I log in to a new session 9.460
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.124
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.641
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.626
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.100
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.757
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.201
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 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.629
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.964
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.189
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.242
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.002
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:58.309
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 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.780
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.569
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.443
When I start Synaptic 12.161
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.284
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.900
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.576
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.449
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.763
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.572
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.869
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.734
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.168
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.519
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:35.778
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 0.170
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.736
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.016
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.868
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.031
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.604
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.917
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.267
And I enable persistence 13.859
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 8.095
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.262
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.817
And available upgrades have been checked 1.083
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.340
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.678
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.893
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.011
And I enable persistence 11.805
# 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 9.099
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.211
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 15.610
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.071
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.107
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 35.882
And I enable persistence 12.327
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.083
And I log in to a new session 7.896
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.693
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.075
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.476
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016