Cucumber Reports (no 15) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	15	27 Aug 2026, 20:10

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	10:30.839	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

2:24.280

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 0.002

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 43.111

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.206

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.122

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.040

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.173

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.647

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.987

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.607

And I enable persistence 18.093

And I log in to a new session 7.106

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.099

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.550

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.424

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.720

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:10.323

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 0.080

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:0.579

And I update the APT lists using apt 4.336

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.165

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.118

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.043

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.706

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.619

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:48.128

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 0.080

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.897

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.137

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.506

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.435

When I start Synaptic 11.624

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.031

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.527

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.492

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.469

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.131

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.315

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.457

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.147

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.231

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.632

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.119

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.466

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.422

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.243

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.766

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:4.509

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 0.001

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 persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.135

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 5.390

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.186

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.433

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.056

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.785

And I enable persistence 10.330

# 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 6.375

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.475

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.040

# 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 0.034

And Tor is ready 10.258

And available upgrades have been checked 0.050

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 26.496

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 0.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.336

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 00:58:46)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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_21565-flatpak-safe/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:46_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

1:3.598

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.075

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.511

And I enable persistence 11.150

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.034

And I log in to a new session 6.267

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.674

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.659

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.224

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.229

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.933

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.038

	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	10:30.839	Failed

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