Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4576 29 Aug 2026, 10:58

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 12:3.898 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
1:36.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.389
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.029
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.935
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.226
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.756
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:25.778
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.197
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.029
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.165
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.063
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.488
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.449
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.972
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.677
And I enable persistence 16.541
And I log in to a new session 6.983
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.134
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.556
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.437
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:10.538
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 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.038
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.037
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.205
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.128
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.031
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.619
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.120
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.291
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.398
When I start Synaptic 11.920
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.089
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.236
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.474
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.448
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.129
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.523
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.440
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.489
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.195
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.563
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.126
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.473
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.866
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:0.271
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 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.319
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 5.450
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.055
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.545
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.559
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.651
And I enable persistence 10.254
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.080
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.373
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.035
And the network is plugged 0.032
And Tor is ready 10.368
And available upgrades have been checked 0.026
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.320
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.033
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 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.310 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:59:29)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_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_devel/4576/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:29_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.556
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.076
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.179
And I enable persistence 10.660
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.024
And I log in to a new session 7.183
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.530
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.661
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.036