Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_flatpak-whisperback 1 11 May 2026, 18:29

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 13:26.299 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
2:51.473
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.734
And I update APT using apt 6.095
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.390
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.970
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.361
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.229
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.249
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.113
And I enable persistence 16.245
And I log in to a new session 12.369
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.694
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.725
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:32.184
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.078
And I update APT using apt 5.362
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.315
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.266
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.086
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 9.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:7.858
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.107
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:46.131
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.162
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.537
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.608
When I start Synaptic 13.435
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.659
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 11.022
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.468
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.801
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.203
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.498
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.671
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.375
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.622
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.353
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.223
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.430
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.545
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
4:47.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.089
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.578
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.663
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.069
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.037
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.015
And I enable persistence 8.107
# 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 0.015
# 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 0.098
And I log in to a new session 10.821
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.733
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.112
# 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 0.112
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.470
And available upgrades have been checked 2.333
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.105
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.587
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.198
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.697
And I enable persistence 7.022
# 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 0.009
And I log in to a new session 11.729
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.243
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 16.725
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.060
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.791
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.295
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Given a computer 0.061
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.802
And I enable persistence 6.887
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.061
And I log in to a new session 12.180
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.718
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.510
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008