Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 11 09 Aug 2026, 23:20

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 66 1 11 0 0 78 4 1 5 11:9.683 Failed
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
2:35.201
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.258
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.670
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.509
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.264
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.607
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.823
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.883
And I enable persistence 20.949
And I log in to a new session 7.665
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.119
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.688
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.530
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.674
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:15.926
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.702
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.754
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.233
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.082
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.077
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:52.360
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.538
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.150
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.462
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.422
When I start Synaptic 11.940
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.130
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.565
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.460
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.503
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.128
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.470
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.498
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.489
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.782
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.623
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.337
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:17.614
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.182
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 5.966
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.794
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.525
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.064
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.943
And I enable persistence 13.169
# 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 0.005
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 7.105
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.176
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.655
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.413
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 25.331
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | gnome-shell]: child with roleName='notification'
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/additional_software_packages.rb:33:in `click_gnome_shell_notification_button'
./features/step_definitions/additional_software_packages.rb:160:in `/^I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:103:in `And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification'
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 0.000
And I enable persistence 0.000
# 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 0.000
And I log in to a new session 0.000
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 0.000
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.000
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.202 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:14:08)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.file_content_run_live-additional-software_log
Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_persistent_volume
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_var_cache_apt
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/lib/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_var_lib_apt
Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_mount
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:08_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:8.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.117
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.044
And I enable persistence 13.185
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.795
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.355
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.712
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.917
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005