Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6232 25 Mar 2026, 13:22

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

Feature: Additional software
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
5:9.237
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 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.019
Steps
Given a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 5:9.138
Remote 
Remote shell seems to be down (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/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:548:in `wait_until_remote_shell_is_up'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:411: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 0.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 10.522 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:58:26)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:26_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_stable/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:26_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_stable/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:26_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 0.009
Feature: Additional software
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
5:56.488
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 0.006
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Steps
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.703
And I enable persistence 6.327
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.042
# 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 0.086
And I log in to a new session 9.461
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5:1.809
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:631:in `/^I see the "(.+)" notification(?: after at most (\d+) seconds)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:129: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 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.515 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:04:34)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_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/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_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/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_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/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_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/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_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/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_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/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6232/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:34_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.024