Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6639 04 Sep 2026, 11:21

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 64 2 17 0 0 83 4 2 6 11:22.604 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
1:37.554
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:15.651
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.402
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.084
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.275
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.173
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:30.332
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 45.773
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.086
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.171
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.611
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.177
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.593
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.944
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.394
And I enable persistence 18.382
And I log in to a new session 6.889
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.120
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.616
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.473
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:11.013
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.192
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.473
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.127
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.107
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.733
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.026
Given a computer 0.073
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.189
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.164
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.449
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.415
When I start Synaptic 11.555
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.048
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.914
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.516
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.513
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.136
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.403
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.508
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.104
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.239
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.554
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.134
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.450
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.362
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.239
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
2:37.679
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 0.077
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.027
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 4.950
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.913
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.488
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.896
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.642
And I enable persistence 10.239
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.040
And I log in to a new session 6.256
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.374
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036
# 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 0.036
And the network is plugged 0.031
And Tor is ready 12.188
And available upgrades have been checked 0.043
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.776
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 0.649
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: Error: atspi_error: Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" could not be processed as object /org/a11y/atspi/accessible/1575 does not exist
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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:34: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 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.982 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:00:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_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 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
37.290
Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Steps
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.217
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238: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:122:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged'
And I enable persistence 0.000
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.000
And I log in to a new session 0.000
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.000
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:535 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.191 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:00:43)
Exception thrown while trying to save /tmp/TailsToaster/artifact.file_content_run_live-additional-software_log: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/run/live-additional-software/log'
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_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/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6639/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:43_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005