Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback 4 13 May 2026, 20:54

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 12:14.208 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
2:34.576
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.406
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.868
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.911
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.294
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.566
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.187
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.051
And I enable persistence 14.402
And I log in to a new session 9.233
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.591
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.556
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.109
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:20.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:8.807
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.573
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.187
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.200
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.666
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 a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.944
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.633
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.481
When I start Synaptic 11.999
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.171
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.686
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.458
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.574
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.173
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.489
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.661
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.228
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.079
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.765
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.406
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.364
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.675
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 0.053
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.147
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.501
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.730
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.584
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.905
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.503
And I enable persistence 6.293
# 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 0.055
And I log in to a new session 9.317
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.506
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.061
And the network is plugged 0.018
And Tor is ready 13.159
And available upgrades have been checked 1.114
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.025
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 13.112
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.406
And I enable persistence 6.016
# 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 0.024
And I log in to a new session 10.075
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.266
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 16.977
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.061
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
58.396
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.863
And I enable persistence 5.298
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 9.802
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.605
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.681
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.005