Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6418 02 Jun 2026, 18:22

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 50 2 31 0 0 83 4 2 6 11:17.938 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
1:42.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:17.207
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.823
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.376
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.667
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 10.227
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 7.113
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:35.085
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.431
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.357
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.298
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.105
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.285
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.729
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.330
And I enable persistence 13.581
And I log in to a new session 9.449
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.148
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.586
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.589
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.115
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:22.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.002
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:9.045
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.584
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.256
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.162
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 6.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:53.866
Scenario My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.085
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.188
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.712
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.516
When I start Synaptic 12.122
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.308
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.283
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.471
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.592
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.195
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.642
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.182
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 11.022
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | tails-additional-software-config]: child with name='Question' roleName='alert'
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:111:in `/^I remove "([^"]*)" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:68:in `And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI'
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.000
When I install "cowsay" using apt 0.000
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 5.409 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic' (at time 00:51:42)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.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/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_persistent_volume
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_var_cache_apt
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/lib/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_var_lib_apt
Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.cmd_output_mount
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:42_My_Additional_Software_list_is_configurable_through_a_GUI_or_through_notifications_when_I_install_or_remove_packages_with_APT_or_Synaptic.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
1:38.265
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.054
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.227
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 1.977
<"3.03+dfsg2-1"> 
<"3.03+dfsg2-1"> expected but was
<"3.03+dfsg2-8">.

diff:
- 3.03+dfsg2-1
?            ^
+ 3.03+dfsg2-8
?            ^ (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:132:in `/^the installed version of package "([^"]*)" is( newer than)? "([^"]*)"( after Additional Software has been installed)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/apt.rb:115:in `/^I install an old version "([^"]*)" of the cowsay package using apt$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:81:in `When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt'
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 installed 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 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:531 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 5.201 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:53:26)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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_stable/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_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/6418/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:26_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:6.208
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:523 0.001
Given a computer 0.060
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.435
And I enable persistence 5.496
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 9.450
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.137
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.182
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:531 0.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.006