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

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 71 1 11 0 0 83 5 1 6 12:7.132 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
1:38.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.305
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.433
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.140
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.212
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.205
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:30.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.691
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.300
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.226
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.583
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.773
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.524
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.011
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.881
And I enable persistence 17.253
And I log in to a new session 7.336
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.172
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.576
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.457
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.091
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.682
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.041
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:9.575
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 59.757
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.346
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.185
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.941
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.030
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.779
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.438
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.477
When I start Synaptic 11.626
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.037
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.531
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.292
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.473
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.281
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.512
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.074
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.561
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.593
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.153
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.442
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.398
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.264
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.871
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
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
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.429
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.099
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.372
And I enable persistence 10.916
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036
And I log in to a new session 6.482
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.716
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.754
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.051
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.663
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.042