Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6224 23 Mar 2026, 20:09

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 77 1 1 0 0 79 4 1 5 14:11.006 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
2:57.637
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 52.794
And I update APT using apt 5.570
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.287
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.340
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 21.886
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.292
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.169
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.721
And I enable persistence 18.473
And I log in to a new session 10.398
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.191
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.693
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.695
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.121
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
1:28.044
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:13.840
And I update APT using apt 5.471
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.351
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.222
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
3:11.696
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:49.399
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.283
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.455
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.612
When I start Synaptic 12.903
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.075
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.200
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.452
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.775
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.174
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.530
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.670
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.297
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.524
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.945
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.490
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
5:24.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.082
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.891
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.011
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.785
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.004
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.705
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.330
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.653
And I enable persistence 5.840
# 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 0.014
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 11.936
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.258
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048
# 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 0.072
And the network is plugged 0.036
And Tor is ready 42.627
And available upgrades have been checked 0.035
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.610
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.718
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.152
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.545
And I enable persistence 6.436
# 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 0.013
And I log in to a new session 11.832
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.316
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
And the network is plugged 0.016
And Tor is ready 17.747
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
1:9.619
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 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Steps
Given a computer 0.114
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.577
And I enable persistence 6.936
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.054
# 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 0.109
And I log in to a new session 10.457
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.703
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.665
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.237

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:02:17)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_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_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_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_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_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_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_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_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_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_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6224/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:17_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006