Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 53 27 Sep 2026, 03:39

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 61 2 15 0 0 78 3 2 5 15:27.026 Failed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
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
2:25.577
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 44.886
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.916
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.151
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.300
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.194
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.610
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.940
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.187
And I enable persistence 16.857
And I log in to a new session 7.478
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.092
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.428
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.450
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.655
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
6:1.919
Scenario The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 6:1.850
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:764:in `/^available upgrades have been checked$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:259:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:46:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password'
And I update the APT lists using apt 0.000
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 0.000
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.000
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.072 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package' (at time 01:14:18)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.cmd_output_persistent_volume
Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.cmd_output_var_lib_apt
Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.cmd_output_mount
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:18_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:46.952
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.762
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.114
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.465
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.440
When I start Synaptic 11.635
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.065
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.614
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.402
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.569
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.118
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.461
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.080
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.134
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.595
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.117
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.415
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.394
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.235
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:7.976
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
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 1:11.720
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.006
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.036
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.974
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.433
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.954
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.323
And I enable persistence 10.555
# 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 0.075
And I log in to a new session 7.239
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.376
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.032
# 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 0.044
And the network is plugged 0.028
And Tor is ready 12.027
And available upgrades have been checked 3.158
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.470
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.437
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.347 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:20:19)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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/53/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:19_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 0.026
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:4.599
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.719
And I enable persistence 10.485
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038
And I log in to a new session 7.638
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.705
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.717
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005