Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc	2	28 May 2026, 18:01

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	71	1	6	0	0	78	4	1	5	13:15.433	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

2:52.485

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.559

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.325

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.271

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.694

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.106

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.800

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.551

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.894

And I enable persistence 16.724

And I log in to a new session 11.899

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.161

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.682

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 0.122

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.894

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.120

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:32.992

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.173

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:16.434

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.829

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.272

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.225

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 8.289

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.001

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:5.105

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.069

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.632

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.163

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.427

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.533

When I start Synaptic 12.767

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.686

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.866

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.465

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.999

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.542

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.877

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.686

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.677

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.134

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.293

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.419

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.686

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.574

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.695

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

5:2.254

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:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.068

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:23.897

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.746

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.069

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.689

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.475

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.466

And I enable persistence 7.247

# 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 0.011

# 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 0.064

And I log in to a new session 12.105

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.258

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.064

# 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 0.150

And the network is plugged 0.058

And Tor is ready 13.474

And available upgrades have been checked 1.173

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.085

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.662

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.816

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.132

And I enable persistence 7.646

# 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 0.009

And I log in to a new session 12.601

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.225

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

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 15.823

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.888

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

42.595

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.075

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 42.520

Known

Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:448:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
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:531 0.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:335 5.216

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 00:58:58)

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_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_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_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_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_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_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_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_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_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.008

	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	13:15.433	Failed

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