Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney 20 11 Aug 2026, 22:18

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 12:9.319 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
1:38.097
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
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 1:16.615
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.200
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.226
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.566
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:24.821
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 43.895
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.172
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.219
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.533
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.361
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.444
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.914
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.995
And I enable persistence 18.110
And I log in to a new session 6.900
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.143
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.569
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.476
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.652
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.068
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:13.246
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.287
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.567
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.132
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.125
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.258
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.836
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.125
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.374
When I start Synaptic 11.653
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.111
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.359
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.414
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.422
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.146
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.310
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.144
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.730
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.589
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.272
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.433
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.228
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:3.027
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.895
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 5.283
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.041
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.513
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.586
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.430
And I enable persistence 10.592
# 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 0.038
And I log in to a new session 6.905
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.165
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.023
# 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 0.052
And Tor is ready 10.451
And available upgrades have been checked 1.083
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.232
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.608
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 5.391 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:59:58)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21461-update-chutney/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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/20/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:58_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 0.071
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.867
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 31.998
And I enable persistence 10.504
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.030
And I log in to a new session 6.670
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.563
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.723
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005