Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 19 19 Aug 2026, 22:59

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 10:37.939 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
2:25.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
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 43.695
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.915
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.931
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.649
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.567
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.844
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.472
And I enable persistence 19.456
And I log in to a new session 6.445
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.131
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.607
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.470
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.753
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.193
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.150
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.146
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.133
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.691
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.868
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 a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.146
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.104
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.500
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.396
When I start Synaptic 12.216
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.123
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.715
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.481
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.482
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.119
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.301
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.491
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.111
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.061
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.527
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.140
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.464
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:7.955
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.514
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 5.643
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.061
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.446
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.582
And I enable persistence 13.138
# 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 0.063
And I log in to a new session 6.561
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.156
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041
# 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 0.042
And the network is plugged 0.038
And Tor is ready 12.644
And available upgrades have been checked 0.047
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.291
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 25.503
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 5.145 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:58:32)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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/19/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:32_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 0.043
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.920
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.170
And I enable persistence 12.166
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.032
And I log in to a new session 7.709
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.819
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.718
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.230
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005