Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4379 06 May 2026, 10:51

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 50 2 31 0 0 83 4 2 6 15:12.453 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
1:41.633
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.572
And I update APT using apt 6.184
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.339
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.345
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.192
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.221
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:40.509
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.068
And I update APT using apt 5.675
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.318
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.335
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.951
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.967
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.900
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.042
And I enable persistence 15.696
And I log in to a new session 9.168
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.133
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.577
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.579
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.092
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.444
And I update APT using apt 4.485
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.242
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.172
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:54.028
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Given a computer 0.050
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.032
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.173
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.592
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.562
When I start Synaptic 12.497
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.050
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.555
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.437
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.731
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.189
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.414
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.637
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.209
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.938
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.924
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.388
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
40.436
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 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.052
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 40.384
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:79:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password'
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.000
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 0.000
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 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
# 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 0.000
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
# 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 0.000
And the network is plugged 0.000
And Tor is ready 0.000
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:527 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.159 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:52:20)
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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:52:20_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 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
5:52.355
Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.056
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.711
And I enable persistence 5.471
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.046
And I log in to a new session 9.452
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5:1.617
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/common_steps.rb:645:in `wait_notification'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:635:in `/^I (don't )?see the "(.+)" notification(?: after at most (\d+) seconds)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:126:in `Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds'
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 0.000
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 9.781 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 00:58:18)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:18_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:18_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4379/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:18_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006