Cucumber Reports (no 6224) - Feature: Additional software

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

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
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

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:57.637

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 0.002

Steps

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.167

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.557

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:28.044

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.035

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:11.696

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004

Steps

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.438

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.814

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

5:24.007

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.940

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.994

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:9.619

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 0.004

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.237

Output 1

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

	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

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