Cucumber Reports (no 97) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe	97	23 Oct 2026, 03:26

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	12:18.617	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

2:58.297

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 43.401

And I update the APT lists using apt 36.161

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.424

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 14.423

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.625

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.280

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.038

And I enable persistence 18.686

And I log in to a new session 7.891

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.106

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.457

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.569

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.101

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:43.378

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.067

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.083

And I update the APT lists using apt 34.691

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.363

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.126

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.046

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.693

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.576

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:51.699

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 0.077

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.182

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.135

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.271

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.386

When I start Synaptic 11.944

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.266

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.979

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.302

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.564

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.126

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.387

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.625

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.199

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.802

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.582

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.131

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.299

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.434

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.240

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:43.351

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 0.080

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.248

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 5.666

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.129

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.514

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.533

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.548

And I enable persistence 11.885

# 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 0.047

And I log in to a new session 7.469

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.185

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037

# 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 0.040

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 12.429

And available upgrades have been checked 0.043

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.297

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 27.156

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 0.028

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.615

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:08:16)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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/97/artifact/build-artifacts/01:08:16_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 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:1.890

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.184

And I enable persistence 12.639

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038

And I log in to a new session 8.433

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.651

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.799

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.067

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.557

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	12:18.617	Failed

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