Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 11 15 Oct 2026, 05:59

Feature Report

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 11:0.129 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
2:23.123
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 42.969
And I update the APT lists using apt 6.838
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.146
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 2.495
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.146
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.533
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.846
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.130
And I enable persistence 17.567
And I log in to a new session 6.942
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.101
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.730
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.580
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.078
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.205
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.536
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.382
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.108
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.035
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.296
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:33.925
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.136
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.539
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.431
When I start Synaptic 11.807
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.943
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.455
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.515
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.150
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.500
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.481
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.139
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.167
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.657
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.135
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.276
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.231
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:3.548
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:11.636
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 5.758
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.163
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.474
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.551
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.804
And I enable persistence 10.132
# 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 0.037
And I log in to a new session 7.076
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.179
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 0.040
And the network is plugged 0.034
And Tor is ready 12.100
And available upgrades have been checked 0.048
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.324
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.061
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 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.230 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:02:29)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/11/artifact/build-artifacts/01:02:29_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
1:4.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.697
And I enable persistence 10.623
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.044
And I log in to a new session 7.743
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.482
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.901
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.590
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005