Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 9 09 Aug 2026, 16:35

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 10:31.468 Failed
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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
2:38.280
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 57.354
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.869
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.176
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.133
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.139
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.591
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.874
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.347
And I enable persistence 19.323
And I log in to a new session 6.210
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.155
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.546
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.469
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.749
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.196
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given a computer 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.867
And I update the APT lists using apt 3.930
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.164
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.102
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.515
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 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.424
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.109
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.456
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.427
When I start Synaptic 12.104
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.849
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.448
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.380
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.415
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.408
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.267
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.856
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.600
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.147
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.465
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
2:44.703
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 0.003
Steps
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.657
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 5.009
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.047
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.505
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.916
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.353
And I enable persistence 12.578
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.042
And I log in to a new session 7.448
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.162
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.033
And Tor is ready 12.099
And available upgrades have been checked 0.042
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.818
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 0.837
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: Error: atspi_error: Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" could not be processed as object /org/a11y/atspi/accessible/1656 does not exist
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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:34: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 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.309 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:00:07)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:07_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 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:5.773
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.759
And I enable persistence 12.971
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.035
And I log in to a new session 6.354
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.744
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.566
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.236
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005