Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4553 17 Aug 2026, 17:54

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 71 1 11 0 0 83 5 1 6 13:9.787 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
1:45.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:21.237
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.751
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.386
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 0.812
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.683
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:37.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.600
And I update the APT lists using apt 8.270
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.167
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.350
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.211
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.649
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.179
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.170
And I enable persistence 20.327
And I log in to a new session 8.007
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.131
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.505
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.604
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.105
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:14.729
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:4.924
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.375
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.157
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.130
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.991
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:59.601
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.851
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.347
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.815
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.450
When I start Synaptic 12.146
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.305
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.673
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.616
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.601
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.170
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.505
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.519
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.500
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.323
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.659
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.162
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.312
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.556
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.306
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.972
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:23.789
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
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 0.121
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.300
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.314
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.095
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.685
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.111
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.910
And I enable persistence 13.189
# 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
# 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 0.076
And I log in to a new session 8.436
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.145
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
# 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 0.056
And the network is plugged 0.029
And Tor is ready 12.625
And available upgrades have been checked 0.041
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.314
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 27.295
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | gnome-shell]: child with roleName='notification'
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 configuration window from the notification$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:103:in `And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification'
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 installed 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:535 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.588 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:03:15)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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_devel/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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_devel/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_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/4553/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:15_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.370
And I enable persistence 11.289
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.040
And I log in to a new session 8.764
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.919
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.568
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.283
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.587
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006