Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 1 12 May 2026, 13:06

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 13:36.389 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
2:50.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
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 48.776
And I update APT using apt 5.352
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.341
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.544
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.044
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.256
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.279
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.027
And I enable persistence 20.092
And I log in to a new session 10.939
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.161
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.661
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.628
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.174
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.984
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:29.927
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 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.059
And I update APT using apt 6.276
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.298
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.157
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 9.482
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:5.250
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:44.117
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 4.210
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.523
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
When I start Synaptic 12.563
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.744
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.418
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.578
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.797
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.240
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.629
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.639
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.096
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.841
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.897
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.214
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.028
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:3.213
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.528
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 8.849
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.932
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.665
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.512
And I enable persistence 7.510
# 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 0.068
And I log in to a new session 10.890
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.218
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.058
And the network is plugged 0.026
And Tor is ready 12.500
And available upgrades have been checked 3.229
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.604
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.877
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.993
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.564
And I enable persistence 6.910
# 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 0.007
And I log in to a new session 13.384
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.253
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.053
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 18.258
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.039
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.997
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.860
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.786
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 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.110
And I enable persistence 7.473
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.078
And I log in to a new session 11.277
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.768
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.947
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.078
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.007