Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell 10 24 Jun 2025, 12:49

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 50 2 27 0 0 79 3 2 5 35:34.111 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
9:38.173
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.007
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 2:1.746
And I update APT using apt 22.025
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 37.375
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 11.770
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 52.311
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 11.058
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 19.484
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:45.240
And I enable persistence 46.834
And I log in to a new session 1:18.005
And the Additional Software installation service has started 58.749
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 5.957
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 7.120
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.492
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 37.321
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
4:24.892
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.018
Given a computer 0.405
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 3:15.367
And I update APT using apt 25.191
When I install "makepp" using apt 35.725
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "makepp" and notices the persistence is locked 8.035
And the package "makepp" is installed 0.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 41.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.017
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
6:46.706
Scenario My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.007
Steps
Given a computer 0.455
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 5:38.464
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 32.161
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.798
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.849
When I start Synaptic 31.977
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [desktop frame | main]: "synaptic" application
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:143:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:143:in `/^I start Synaptic$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:59:in `When I start Synaptic'
And I update APT using Synaptic 0.000
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 0.000
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.000
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 0.000
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 0.000
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.000
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 0.000
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 0.000
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.000
When I install "cowsay" using apt 0.000
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.323 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic' (at time 02:25:49)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_persistent_volume
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_var_cache_apt
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/lib/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_var_lib_apt
Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_mount
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:25:49_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
10:29.745
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.015
Steps
Given a computer 0.274
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 4:22.290
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.033
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 54.872
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 6.736
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 4.819
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.823
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:59.478
And I enable persistence 27.972
# 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 0.356
# 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 0.929
And I log in to a new session 1:13.404
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 50.292
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.636
# 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 0.753
And the network is plugged 0.792
And Tor is ready 14.278
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:828:in `click_connect_to_tor'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:502:in `tca_configure'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:512:in `/^I configure a direct connection in the Tor Connection Assistant$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:653:in `/^I successfully configure Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:607:in `/^Tor is ready$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:100:in `And Tor is ready'
And available upgrades have been checked 0.000
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.000
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 0.000
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 started 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:515 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.478 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 02:36:29)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/02:36:29_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
4:14.594
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.008
Given a computer 0.247
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 2:0.039
And I enable persistence 29.156
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.472
# 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 1.050
And I log in to a new session 1:14.876
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 15.608
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.443
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 2.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:515 2.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027