Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-dsa-20260812 2 12 Aug 2026, 14:48

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 12:23.448 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
2:41.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 49.376
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.370
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.132
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.024
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.897
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.625
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.211
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.227
And I enable persistence 20.724
And I log in to a new session 8.668
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.098
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.645
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.908
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.644
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 a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.853
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.386
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.134
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.126
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.679
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 0.103
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.240
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.147
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.520
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.524
When I start Synaptic 11.670
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.281
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.708
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.558
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.529
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.139
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.540
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.480
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.298
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.618
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.149
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.265
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:29.079
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" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.913
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 5.119
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.976
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.118
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.840
And I enable persistence 11.341
# 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
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.766
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.227
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.037
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 11.928
And available upgrades have been checked 0.051
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.963
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.560
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.957
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.992
And I enable persistence 11.599
# 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 0.008
And I log in to a new session 8.457
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.148
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
And the network is plugged 0.027
And Tor is ready 14.108
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.033
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.337
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.087
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:0.993
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.325
And I enable persistence 11.278
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.373
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.061
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.750
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.983
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006