Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0 69 12 Aug 2026, 08:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 71 1 11 0 0 83 5 1 6 13:2.327 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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:42.477
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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.042
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.034
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.150
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.331
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.898
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.419
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:42.427
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 53.493
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.016
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.224
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.672
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.701
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.029
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.307
And I enable persistence 19.084
And I log in to a new session 8.182
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.118
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.654
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.647
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:24.274
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 0.084
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:11.985
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.767
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.214
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.177
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.095
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.510
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.140
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.495
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.408
When I start Synaptic 12.406
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.242
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.706
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.508
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.586
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.133
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.520
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.594
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.507
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.373
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.744
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.204
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.467
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.457
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:14.261
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 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.856
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 5.836
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.132
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.059
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.769
And I enable persistence 11.378
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.274
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.163
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.067
# 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 0.066
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 11.327
And available upgrades have been checked 1.090
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.495
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 27.016
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 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.087 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:03:04)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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_21318-tor-browser-16.0/69/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:04_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 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.790
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.329
And I enable persistence 11.568
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033
And I log in to a new session 7.696
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.597
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.254
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005