Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6616 31 Aug 2026, 11:35

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 13:0.879 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
1:44.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:19.831
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.226
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.247
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 1.873
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 9.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:36.180
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 44.856
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.092
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.190
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.737
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.438
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.540
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.989
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.429
And I enable persistence 20.596
And I log in to a new session 8.095
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.107
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.471
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.539
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.093
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.746
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.818
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.031
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:17.950
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.537
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.923
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.179
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.155
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.025
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.090
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:39.859
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.170
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.286
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.474
When I start Synaptic 11.530
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.143
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.684
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.581
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.878
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.223
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.325
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.611
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.625
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.261
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.972
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.526
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.333
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:18.702
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 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.006
Steps
Given a computer 0.098
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:16.250
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.022
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.622
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.792
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.566
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.510
And I enable persistence 12.497
# 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 0.007
# 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 0.066
And I log in to a new session 7.686
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.240
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.039
# 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 0.048
And the network is plugged 0.044
And Tor is ready 13.164
And available upgrades have been checked 0.052
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.323
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.591
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 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.110 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:04:54)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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/6616/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:54_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 0.072
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:7.804
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 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.141
And I enable persistence 12.432
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 8.603
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.330
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.890
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.274
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.651
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005