Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 24 21 Sep 2026, 19:42

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 83 0 0 0 0 83 6 0 6 13:13.006 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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:37.180
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.891
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.054
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.160
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.611
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:21.191
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.019
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.919
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.526
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.346
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.618
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.970
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.636
And I enable persistence 16.263
And I log in to a new session 6.462
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.113
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.542
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.529
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.415
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.934
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 0.136
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.791
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.682
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.152
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.125
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.481
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.832
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 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.350
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.111
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.453
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.473
When I start Synaptic 11.359
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.041
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.188
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.330
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.505
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.144
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.512
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.478
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.048
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.059
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.633
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.570
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.363
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.276
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:18.110
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 0.080
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.605
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 5.733
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.352
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.497
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.368
And I enable persistence 10.119
# 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 6.961
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 0.038
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 10.726
And available upgrades have been checked 2.199
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.529
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.435
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.474
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.006
And I enable persistence 10.948
# 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 7.778
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.165
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 14.553
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.057
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 2.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.027
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.756
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.169
And I enable persistence 10.513
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034
And I log in to a new session 6.588
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.525
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.791
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.215
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005