Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 9 24 Aug 2026, 16:31

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 12:10.136 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
2:34.614
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 47.798
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.981
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.136
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.793
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.508
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.452
And I enable persistence 18.180
And I log in to a new session 7.899
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.242
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.703
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.552
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:16.498
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 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.445
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.614
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.147
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 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.711
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.073
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 0.106
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.131
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.131
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.515
When I start Synaptic 11.445
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.369
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.578
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.328
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.605
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.531
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.716
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.122
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.752
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.702
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.277
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.510
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.680
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.891
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 5.772
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.340
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.519
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.800
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.253
And I enable persistence 11.736
# 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 0.046
And I log in to a new session 7.592
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.063
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 10.546
And available upgrades have been checked 1.105
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.367
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.579
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.984
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.054
And I enable persistence 11.549
# 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
And I log in to a new session 8.247
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.202
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 15.513
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.042
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.297
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:1.270
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.869
And I enable persistence 11.219
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.462
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.754
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.796
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005