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

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 46 2 31 0 0 79 3 2 5 18:36.375 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
2:50.365
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.012
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 48.288
And I update APT using apt 5.054
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.327
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.523
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.205
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.304
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.714
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 40.065
And I enable persistence 17.669
And I log in to a new session 10.536
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.238
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.661
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.631
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.144
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:30.315
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.100
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.109
And I update APT using apt 5.432
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.301
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.308
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:9.967
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:47.221
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.328
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.478
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.661
When I start Synaptic 13.071
And I update APT using Synaptic 21.640
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.329
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.575
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.863
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.209
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.519
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.683
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.337
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.616
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.115
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.188
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.471
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
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
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