Cucumber Reports (no 2) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings	2	05 Oct 2026, 21:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	68	1	9	0	0	78	4	1	5	12:32.120	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

3:3.818

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 0.001

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.500

And I update the APT lists using apt 34.686

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.485

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.853

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 16.253

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.600

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.883

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.491

And I enable persistence 19.191

And I log in to a new session 7.226

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.770

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.631

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.083

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.699

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:46.156

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.084

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:5.641

And I update the APT lists using apt 34.801

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.435

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.144

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.752

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.845

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:53.281

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.086

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.711

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.166

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.536

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.576

When I start Synaptic 11.862

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.127

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.007

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.553

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.587

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.149

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.485

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.518

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.098

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.760

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.892

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.154

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.459

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.546

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.250

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:39.695

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 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.076

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.196

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.015

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.523

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.129

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.526

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.100

And I enable persistence 11.288

# 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 0.006

# 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 0.043

And I log in to a new session 7.875

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.170

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.036

# 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 0.047

And the network is plugged 0.029

And Tor is ready 12.242

And available upgrades have been checked 0.059

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.998

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.390

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.815

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.421

Known

Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:105:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged'

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 0.060

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.966

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:06:25)

Exception thrown while trying to save /tmp/TailsToaster/artifact.file_content_run_live-additional-software_log: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/run/live-additional-software/log'

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:25_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 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:9.167

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 0.001

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 33.546

And I enable persistence 11.686

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.036

And I log in to a new session 8.434

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.763

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.307

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.316

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.360

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	68	1	9	0	0	78	4	1	5	12:32.120	Failed

Feature Report