Cucumber Reports (no 1) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21798-fix-new-identity-test	1	29 Sep 2026, 18:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	11:26.665	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

2:40.654

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 48.775

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.767

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.275

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.652

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.355

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.732

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.050

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.704

And I enable persistence 21.111

And I log in to a new session 8.807

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.115

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.530

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.668

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.108

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.792

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:18.911

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 0.100

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.735

And I update the APT lists using apt 4.620

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.283

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.115

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.707

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:58.941

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.096

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:42.122

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.141

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.629

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.452

When I start Synaptic 12.122

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.095

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.249

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.516

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.548

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.160

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.559

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.650

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.517

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.243

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.744

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.151

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.435

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.504

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.259

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.500

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:18.310

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 0.110

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:17.933

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.007

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.520

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.934

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.608

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.877

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.761

And I enable persistence 13.358

# 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 0.048

And I log in to a new session 7.614

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.167

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.043

# 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 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.033

And Tor is ready 12.510

And available upgrades have been checked 0.064

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.287

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.378

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 0.036

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.624

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:06:30)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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_21798-fix-new-identity-test/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:30_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 0.041

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:9.848

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.115

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.322

And I enable persistence 12.973

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037

And I log in to a new session 9.022

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.382

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.607

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.387

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.260

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.527

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	11:26.665	Failed

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