Cucumber Reports (no 7) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release	7	24 Aug 2026, 13:38

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	11:45.337	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

2:44.773

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 48.740

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.597

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.228

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.154

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.397

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.699

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.998

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.690

And I enable persistence 23.054

And I log in to a new session 9.095

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.614

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.485

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.831

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.184

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.980

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.538

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:23.494

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.014

Steps

Given a computer 0.126

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:10.768

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.128

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.188

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.227

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.988

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.078

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:0.997

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.539

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:43.853

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.110

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.498

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.392

When I start Synaptic 12.060

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.331

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.906

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.423

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.647

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.202

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.614

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.632

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.542

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.158

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.949

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.179

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.386

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.564

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.294

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.570

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:25.105

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 0.121

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.166

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 5.839

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.082

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.742

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.068

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.683

And I enable persistence 11.957

# 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 0.009

# 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 0.079

And I log in to a new session 8.415

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.187

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.045

# 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 0.055

And the network is plugged 0.027

And Tor is ready 12.233

And available upgrades have been checked 0.057

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.315

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 27.008

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 0.041

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.682

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:02:11)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:11_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 0.029

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:10.967

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.234

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.146

And I enable persistence 12.490

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051

And I log in to a new session 7.008

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.075

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.636

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.323

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.233

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

	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	11:45.337	Failed

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