Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 89 15 Oct 2026, 03:30

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 12:40.596 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
2:53.102
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 43.913
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.983
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.474
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.490
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.982
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.498
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.907
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.139
And I enable persistence 16.913
And I log in to a new session 7.376
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.094
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.690
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.519
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.117
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:44.132
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.236
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.227
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.444
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.116
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.855
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.603
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.128
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.467
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.403
When I start Synaptic 11.900
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.832
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.565
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.457
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.127
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.484
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.300
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.034
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.357
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:12.611
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.240
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 5.780
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.954
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.504
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.106
And I enable persistence 10.271
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 7.021
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.225
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.058
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.040
And Tor is ready 12.316
And available upgrades have been checked 0.050
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.610
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.396
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.375
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.371
And I enable persistence 10.098
# 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
And I log in to a new session 7.518
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.408
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 15.421
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.053
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.288
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:2.895
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.094
And I enable persistence 10.256
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 6.698
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.349
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.179
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.494
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.054