Cucumber Reports (no 131) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	131	08 Nov 2026, 03:35

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	10:56.372	Failed

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

2:23.955

Scenario I set up Additional Software when installing a package without persistent partition and the package is installed next time I start Tails

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 41.991

And I update the APT lists using apt 7.449

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.987

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.354

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.589

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.927

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.757

And I enable persistence 16.744

And I log in to a new session 7.619

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.096

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.624

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.583

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.568

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:43.433

Scenario The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package

Hooks

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 0.073

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.169

And I update the APT lists using apt 34.677

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.344

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.130

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.038

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.714

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:46.428

Scenario My Additional Software list is configurable through a GUI or through notifications when I install or remove packages with APT or Synaptic

Hooks

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 0.075

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.966

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.113

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.497

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.379

When I start Synaptic 11.488

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.008

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.626

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.472

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.475

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.118

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.468

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.442

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.087

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.577

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.575

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.165

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.493

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.395

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.242

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.498

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:5.221

Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online

Hooks

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 0.074

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.623

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 5.798

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.055

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.462

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.499

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.297

And I enable persistence 10.519

# 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 0.041

And I log in to a new session 7.056

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.041

# 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 0.030

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 12.361

And available upgrades have been checked 0.041

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.346

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.767

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.048

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.802

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:09:37)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/131/artifact/build-artifacts/01:09:37_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

57.333

Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.079

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.921

And I enable persistence 10.296

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033

And I log in to a new session 7.766

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.502

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.679

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.052

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.248

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.838

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

	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	10:56.372	Failed

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