Cucumber Reports (no 45) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter	45	03 Jul 2025, 11:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	79	0	0	0	0	79	4	1	5	32:16.007	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

6:38.489

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 0.003

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 1:20.075

And I update APT using apt 17.746

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 26.646

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 9.435

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 25.897

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.780

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.898

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:25.808

And I enable persistence 38.989

And I log in to a new session 51.181

And the Additional Software installation service has started 44.010

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.847

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.868

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 22.049

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:30.923

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.239

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 2:36.246

And I update APT using apt 16.929

When I install "makepp" using apt 27.752

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "makepp" and notices the persistence is locked 9.599

And the package "makepp" is installed 0.157

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 25.000

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.261

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

6:25.259

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 0.006

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.211

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 4:5.389

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 30.118

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 0.685

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.813

When I start Synaptic 25.215

And I update APT using Synaptic 24.690

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 21.969

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.941

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 4.190

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.357

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 0.651

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.882

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 11.061

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 7.806

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.906

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.268

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.029

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.071

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.708

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.621

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.164

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

12:41.583

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 0.116

Before features/support/hooks.rb:507 0.046

Steps

Given a computer 0.595

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 3:9.951

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.027

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 38.968

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.291

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.991

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 10.258

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:21.367

And I enable persistence 21.310

# 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 0.028

# 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 0.092

And I log in to a new session 1:0.049

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 35.253

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.280

# 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 0.371

And the network is plugged 0.095

And Tor is ready 25.607

And available upgrades have been checked 0.068

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.483

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 5.468

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.059

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:28.623

And I enable persistence 21.159

# 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 0.030

And I log in to a new session 49.696

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 48.618

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.224

And the network is plugged 0.213

And Tor is ready 59.955

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.245

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.192

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 1.472

Error message

Unexpected connections were made
  #<OpenStruct mac_saddr="50:54:00:36:fb:e5", mac_daddr="52:54:00:00:00:01", protocol="IP::TCP", saddr="10.2.1.251", daddr="152.19.134.142", sport=46912, dport=80> (FirewallAssertionFailedError)
./features/support/helpers/firewall_helper.rb:168:in `assert_all_connections'
./features/support/helpers/firewall_helper.rb:178:in `assert_no_leaks'
./features/support/hooks.rb:524:in `After'

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.407

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:48:12)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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

Network capture: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.pcap

Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_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_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/45/artifact/build-artifacts/01:48:12_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

2:59.751

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.184

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:20.205

And I enable persistence 19.694

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.052

# 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 0.077

And I log in to a new session 1:0.127

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.509

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 9.051

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.847

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:515 0.111

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.927

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	79	0	0	0	0	79	4	1	5	32:16.007	Failed

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