Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 3 13 May 2026, 14:19

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 12:20.210 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
2:30.143
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 45.379
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.462
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.244
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.468
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.344
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.642
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.857
And I enable persistence 14.768
And I log in to a new session 9.494
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.136
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.589
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.578
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.446
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.463
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 0.051
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.571
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.393
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.142
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:55.652
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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.194
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.217
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.420
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.512
When I start Synaptic 12.035
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.516
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.454
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.435
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.655
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.159
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.444
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.610
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.595
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.327
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.843
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.160
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.464
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:32.145
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 a computer 0.045
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.968
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.605
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.570
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.551
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.987
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.161
And I enable persistence 5.609
# 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
# 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 0.065
And I log in to a new session 9.542
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.210
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037
# 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 0.060
And the network is plugged 0.013
And Tor is ready 12.566
And available upgrades have been checked 1.093
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.954
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.572
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.133
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.824
And I enable persistence 5.697
# 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 10.142
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.188
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
And the network is plugged 0.014
And Tor is ready 15.353
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.050
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
59.805
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 0.048
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.917
And I enable persistence 6.492
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 9.567
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.648
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.036
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.103
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.016