Cucumber Reports (no 41) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter	41	28 Jun 2025, 11:14

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	74	1	4	0	0	79	4	1	5	33:54.116	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

6:45.641

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.012

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:19.748

And I update APT using apt 16.727

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 26.695

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 13.339

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 31.082

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 6.520

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 20.270

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:23.209

And I enable persistence 41.197

And I log in to a new session 40.472

And the Additional Software installation service has started 42.953

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.881

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.881

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.660

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 31.108

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.696

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

4:35.769

Scenario The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.205

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 4:35.563

cannot

cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:579:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:535:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:295:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
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 APT using apt 0.000

When I install "makepp" using apt 0.000

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "makepp" and notices the persistence is locked 0.000

And the package "makepp" is installed 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.044

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.324

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package' (at time 01:29:13)

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.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_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.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_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.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_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.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/41/artifact/build-artifacts/01:29:13_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

6:38.866

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.343

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 4:13.243

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 27.306

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 0.596

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.078

When I start Synaptic 35.422

And I update APT using Synaptic 23.886

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 16.599

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.543

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.130

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.294

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 5.623

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 2.802

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.109

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 8.570

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.366

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.258

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.002

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.684

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.738

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.826

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

12:54.881

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:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.310

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 3:14.278

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.034

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 30.321

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 8.853

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.417

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 6.798

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:27.897

And I enable persistence 22.839

# 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 0.041

# 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 0.166

And I log in to a new session 50.434

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 43.980

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.124

# 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 0.300

And the network is plugged 0.253

And Tor is ready 25.926

And available upgrades have been checked 0.098

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 6.716

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 3.347

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 15.952

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:31.371

And I enable persistence 22.944

# 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 0.094

And I log in to a new session 56.008

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 43.673

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.091

And the network is plugged 0.132

And Tor is ready 1:0.019

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.353

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.097

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.473

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.666

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.078

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

2:58.957

Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.198

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:23.934

And I enable persistence 21.038

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.063

# 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 0.085

And I log in to a new session 54.675

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.223

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 9.999

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.739

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.156

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.432

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	74	1	4	0	0	79	4	1	5	33:54.116	Failed

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