Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 87 13 Oct 2026, 03:31

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 13:4.571 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
2:58.307
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.474
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.417
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.392
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.032
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.239
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.608
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.901
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.025
And I enable persistence 17.429
And I log in to a new session 7.462
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.132
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.543
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.548
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.727
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:45.277
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.804
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.794
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.415
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.103
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.657
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.479
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.442
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.487
When I start Synaptic 11.867
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.062
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.349
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.313
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.521
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.161
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.132
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.138
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.788
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.542
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.245
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:22.078
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.549
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 6.107
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.319
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.543
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.008
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.187
And I enable persistence 11.083
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 8.220
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.168
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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.558
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.358
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.580
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.762
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.792
And I enable persistence 11.433
# 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 7.852
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.160
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 15.859
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.045
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.134
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.657
And I enable persistence 12.016
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.043
And I log in to a new session 6.955
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.910
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.673
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.266
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020