Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release	2	20 Aug 2026, 13:36

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	71	1	6	0	0	78	4	1	5	11:54.370	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

2:40.288

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 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 48.554

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.419

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.274

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.699

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.932

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.590

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.250

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.520

And I enable persistence 20.256

And I log in to a new session 7.912

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.197

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.873

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.689

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.114

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.762

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:16.835

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.113

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.264

And I update the APT lists using apt 4.161

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.135

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.119

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.041

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.604

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:54.593

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.080

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.987

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.134

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.379

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.432

When I start Synaptic 11.931

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.988

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.912

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.326

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.440

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.129

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.304

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.555

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.127

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.080

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.649

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.505

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.463

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.901

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

4:23.149

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.096

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.484

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.557

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.127

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.559

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.287

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.075

And I enable persistence 11.201

# 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 0.006

# 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 0.052

And I log in to a new session 7.490

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.181

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035

# 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 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.038

And Tor is ready 11.608

And available upgrades have been checked 0.045

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.396

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.631

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.759

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.754

And I enable persistence 11.130

# 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

And I log in to a new session 7.709

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.380

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 15.303

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.046

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.058

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.379

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.819

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.075

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

39.502

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

Hooks

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" with network unplugged 39.419

Known

Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:122:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged'

And I enable persistence 0.000

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.000

And I log in to a new session 0.000

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.000

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 0.000

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.034

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.153

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:02:22)

Exception thrown while trying to save /tmp/TailsToaster/artifact.file_content_run_live-additional-software_log: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/run/live-additional-software/log'

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_persistent_volume

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_var_cache_apt

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/lib/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_var_lib_apt

Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:22_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.078

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	71	1	6	0	0	78	4	1	5	11:54.370	Failed

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