Cucumber Reports (no 4276) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel	4276	13 Mar 2026, 00:20

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	82	1	1	0	0	84	5	1	6	15:20.589	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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc

1:50.671

Scenario I am warned I can not use Additional Software when I start Tails from a DVD and install a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:22.435

And I update APT using apt 8.037

When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.273

Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.563

And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 11.361

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.350

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.466

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:59.736

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 51.196

And I update APT using apt 5.471

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.332

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 6.513

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 22.111

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.192

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.763

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.454

And I enable persistence 16.922

And I log in to a new session 10.196

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.208

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.640

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.634

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.098

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.464

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:25.618

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.077

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:12.246

And I update APT using apt 4.623

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.346

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.261

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.230

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.879

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:4.659

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.079

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.785

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.251

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.404

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.596

When I start Synaptic 12.467

And I update APT using Synaptic 21.656

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.558

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.445

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.593

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.167

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.467

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.759

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.752

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.308

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.865

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.189

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.579

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.730

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.481

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.687

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

4:51.274

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.063

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.826

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.019

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.839

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.938

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.654

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.213

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.599

And I enable persistence 6.748

# 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 0.062

And I log in to a new session 10.724

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.622

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.068

# 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 0.044

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 12.188

And available upgrades have been checked 2.142

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.581

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.536

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.668

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.364

And I enable persistence 6.663

# 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

And I log in to a new session 10.980

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.252

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 17.252

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.049

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:8.629

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

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.066

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.192

And I enable persistence 7.336

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044

# 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 0.066

And I log in to a new session 9.682

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.661

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.577

The

The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [notification | ]: child with name='Show Log' roleName='button'
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 log file from the notification$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:130:in `And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification'

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.282

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:02:25)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.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_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_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_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_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_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_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_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4276/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:25_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	82	1	1	0	0	84	5	1	6	15:20.589	Failed

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