Cucumber Reports (no 103) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections	103	26 Jun 2025, 21:08

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	65	1	13	0	0	79	4	1	5	44:20.964	Failed

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

9:54.743

Scenario I set up Additional Software when installing a package without persistent partition and the package is installed next time I start Tails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.003

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 2:2.843

And I update APT using apt 35.585

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 38.959

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 14.869

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 55.023

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 7.854

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.746

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:47.008

And I enable persistence 54.365

And I log in to a new session 1:6.008

And the Additional Software installation service has started 1:0.390

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 8.313

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 4.271

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.503

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 41.995

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.457

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

4:45.766

Scenario The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.009

Steps

Given a computer 0.229

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 3:34.943

And I update APT using apt 24.984

When I install "makepp" using apt 36.036

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "makepp" and notices the persistence is locked 8.746

And the package "makepp" is installed 0.826

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 50.468

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.957

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.034

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

6:48.262

Scenario My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.017

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.016

Steps

Given a computer 0.613

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 5:41.680

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 32.502

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.443

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.920

When I start Synaptic 30.101

The

The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [desktop frame | main]: "synaptic" application
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:143:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:143:in `/^I start Synaptic$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:59:in `When I start Synaptic'

And I update APT using Synaptic 0.000

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 0.000

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.000

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 0.000

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 0.000

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.000

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 0.000

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 0.000

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.000

When I install "cowsay" using apt 0.000

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.145

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 7.233

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic' (at time 01:54:37)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.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_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_persistent_volume

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_var_cache_apt

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/lib/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_var_lib_apt

Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-debug-proxy-refusing-connections/103/artifact/build-artifacts/01:54:37_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

18:54.199

Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.021

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.026

Steps

Given a computer 0.779

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 4:20.121

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 49.996

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 11.044

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.779

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.710

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:43.820

And I enable persistence 24.112

# 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 0.176

# 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 0.297

And I log in to a new session 1:16.415

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 55.737

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.070

# 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 0.095

And the network is plugged 0.105

And Tor is ready 44.349

And available upgrades have been checked 0.071

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 14.499

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.395

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:12.616

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:48.852

And I enable persistence 22.759

# 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 0.030

And I log in to a new session 1:14.909

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 51.107

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.465

And the network is plugged 0.888

And Tor is ready 1:22.424

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 1.028

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.501

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 3.643

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.764

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

3:57.992

Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:271 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:278 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:512 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.287

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 2:1.315

And I enable persistence 26.659

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 1.299

# 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 0.926

And I log in to a new session 55.752

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 17.022

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 13.276

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 1.452

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:520 0.157

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.611

After features/support/hooks.rb:105 0.051

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	65	1	13	0	0	79	4	1	5	44:20.964	Failed

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