Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware 3 26 Jul 2026, 02:38

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 66 1 11 0 0 78 4 1 5 11:22.283 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
2:35.401
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 I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.774
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.811
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.261
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 1.996
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.791
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.731
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.057
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.792
And I enable persistence 16.926
And I log in to a new session 8.929
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.150
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.550
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.511
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.116
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.932
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:23.581
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 0.046
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.364
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.700
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.221
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.167
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.633
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:56.531
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 0.068
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.003
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.168
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.400
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.565
When I start Synaptic 12.370
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.051
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.209
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.400
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.588
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.138
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.409
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.527
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.707
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.992
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.683
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.211
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.458
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:17.477
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 0.044
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.528
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.512
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.709
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.627
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.936
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.997
And I enable persistence 8.849
# 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 0.054
And I log in to a new session 8.483
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.189
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045
# 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 0.050
And the network is plugged 0.020
And Tor is ready 13.595
And available upgrades have been checked 1.085
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.400
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 23.334
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 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.668 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:58:59)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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_21195-dont-include-unused-firmware/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:59_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 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:9.292
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 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.257
And I enable persistence 8.999
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 10.040
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.461
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.012
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.404
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007