Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6602 22 Aug 2026, 11:27

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

3:4.672
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.081
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.004
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.679
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.104
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.520
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.542
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.357
And I enable persistence 10.042
# 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 0.006
# 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 0.049
And I log in to a new session 6.360
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.148
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.039
And the network is plugged 0.023
And Tor is ready 12.263
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.296
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.998
The
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | gnome-shell]: child with roleName='notification'
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 configuration window from the notification$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:103:in `And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification'
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:535 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.097

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:01:16)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_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/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:16_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.045
38.737
Scenario Configuring WebTunnel with QR code
Steps
When I configure some webtunnel bridges from a QR code in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode 38.737
TCA
TCA failed to connect to Tor (TCAConnectionFailure)
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:459:in `/^the Tor Connection Assistant connects to Tor$/'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:544:in `tca_configure'
./features/step_definitions/tor.rb:670:in `/^I configure (?:some|the) (persistent )?(\w+) bridges (from a QR code )?in the Tor Connection Assistant(?: in (easy|hide) mode)?( without connecting|)$/'
features/webtunnel.feature:21:in `When I configure some webtunnel bridges from a QR code in the Tor Connection Assistant in hide mode'
Then I wait until Tor is ready 0.000
And available upgrades have been checked 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.259

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Configuring WebTunnel with QR code' (at time 03:41:57)

Chutney logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/03:41:57_Configuring_WebTunnel_with_QR_code_chutney-data

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/03:41:57_Configuring_WebTunnel_with_QR_code.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/03:41:57_Configuring_WebTunnel_with_QR_code.png

Tor logs: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/03:41:57_Configuring_WebTunnel_with_QR_code.tor

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/03:41:57_Configuring_WebTunnel_with_QR_code.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6602/artifact/build-artifacts/03:41:57_Configuring_WebTunnel_with_QR_code.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.033