Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 18 09 Aug 2026, 22:19

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 12:25.629 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
1:39.475
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 I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.076
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.055
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.144
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.162
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:32.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 47.170
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.271
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.178
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.263
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.781
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.546
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.908
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.721
And I enable persistence 18.124
And I log in to a new session 7.525
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.625
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 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.438
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:2.981
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.005
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.152
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.174
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:51.811
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 a computer 0.231
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.986
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.148
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.509
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.436
When I start Synaptic 12.253
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.157
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.766
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.493
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.587
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.156
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.564
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.696
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.153
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.230
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.287
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:5.277
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 1:12.129
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 5.665
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.989
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.437
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.536
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.374
And I enable persistence 10.258
# 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 0.041
And I log in to a new session 7.465
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.161
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.037
And Tor is ready 12.266
And available upgrades have been checked 0.039
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.306
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.415
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 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.424 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:03:27)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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_21461-update-chutney/18/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:27_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 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.714
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 31.945
And I enable persistence 11.171
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.961
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.489
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.778
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.314
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005