Cucumber Reports (no 42) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	42	21 Sep 2026, 03:21

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	10:27.508	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

2:23.198

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 42.729

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.805

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.152

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.979

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.440

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.569

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.850

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.140

And I enable persistence 17.548

And I log in to a new session 7.430

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.328

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.556

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 0.083

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.680

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:10.212

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 0.002

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 an administration password 1:0.606

And I update the APT lists using apt 4.114

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.197

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.152

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.763

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.655

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:47.480

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.072

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:35.194

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.116

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.456

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.432

When I start Synaptic 11.623

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.147

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.366

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.417

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.435

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.112

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.466

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.458

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.075

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.730

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.598

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.148

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.266

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.360

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.423

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:3.066

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 0.075

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.889

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 4.965

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.173

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.483

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.503

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.660

And I enable persistence 10.337

# 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 0.052

And I log in to a new session 7.624

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.126

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038

# 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 0.059

And the network is plugged 0.024

And Tor is ready 12.804

And available upgrades have been checked 0.032

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.302

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 25.903

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 0.030

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.293

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:03:34)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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/42/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:34_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

1:3.550

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 0.149

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.091

And I enable persistence 10.373

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

And I log in to a new session 7.684

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.266

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.729

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.219

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.040

	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	10:27.508	Failed

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