Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback 6 14 May 2026, 21:49

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 13:41.563 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
2:53.050
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.853
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.083
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.401
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.501
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.705
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.777
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.669
And I enable persistence 18.245
And I log in to a new session 12.342
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.146
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.849
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.066
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.645
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:17.053
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.734
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.382
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.349
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:6.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.272
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.253
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.485
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.584
When I start Synaptic 13.006
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.791
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.677
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.425
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.830
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.205
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.518
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.885
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.329
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.303
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.945
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.276
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.605
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:4.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.003
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.405
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.010
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.873
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.849
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.635
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.616
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.186
And I enable persistence 6.840
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 12.281
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.255
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.069
And the network is plugged 0.015
And Tor is ready 12.976
And available upgrades have been checked 2.218
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.449
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.555
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.309
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.287
And I enable persistence 6.807
# 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 10.985
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.232
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.019
And Tor is ready 17.775
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.087
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.070
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.907
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.598
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.018
Given a computer 0.162
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.983
And I enable persistence 6.457
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
And I log in to a new session 12.022
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.673
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.194
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.656
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007