Cucumber Reports (no 44) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	44	22 Sep 2026, 13:56

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	10:55.068	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

2:29.522

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 0.003

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.538

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.849

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.169

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.128

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.644

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.567

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.897

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.873

And I enable persistence 18.527

And I log in to a new session 6.915

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.137

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.660

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.539

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.737

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:15.813

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.757

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.580

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.177

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 3.141

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.073

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.730

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.620

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:50.939

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.290

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.142

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.291

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.468

When I start Synaptic 11.768

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.976

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.668

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.463

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.464

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.246

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.447

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.590

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.419

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.919

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.741

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.130

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.421

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.409

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.654

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:12.347

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 0.109

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.778

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 5.289

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.933

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.591

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.813

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.042

And I enable persistence 11.157

# 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 0.005

# 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 8.071

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.218

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.044

# 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 0.033

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 12.964

And available upgrades have been checked 0.076

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.358

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.778

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 0.050

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.505

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:05:13)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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/44/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:13_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 0.033

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:6.445

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 0.015

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.251

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.159

And I enable persistence 11.412

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.060

And I log in to a new session 7.680

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.629

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.965

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.285

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.246

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.063

	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	10:55.068	Failed

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