Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4111 10 Dec 2025, 03:29

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 84 0 0 0 0 84 5 1 6 19:16.841 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
2:58.676
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 2:27.400
And I update APT using apt 6.334
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.331
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 4.922
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 13.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.595
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004
3:30.141
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 56.110
And I update APT using apt 6.197
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.343
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.299
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 28.365
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.670
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.620
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.325
And I enable persistence 25.195
And I log in to a new session 14.676
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.657
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.395
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.930
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.352
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 12.856
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012
2:17.564
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 1.655
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:59.594
And I update APT using apt 5.617
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.359
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.264
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
3:33.204
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
Given a computer 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:0.317
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.199
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.626
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.721
When I start Synaptic 14.506
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.200
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 13.440
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.763
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.784
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.270
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.872
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.258
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.367
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.694
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.289
When I install "cowsay" using apt 6.361
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.654
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011
5:41.167
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Steps
Given a computer 0.210
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.694
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.029
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.535
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.735
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.955
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 5.353
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.472
And I enable persistence 7.667
# 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 0.022
# 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 0.062
And I log in to a new session 13.540
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.347
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052
# 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 0.068
And the network is plugged 0.062
And Tor is ready 23.058
And available upgrades have been checked 0.120
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 4.770
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.852
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 17.203
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 43.520
And I enable persistence 8.436
# 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 0.022
And I log in to a new session 12.902
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.744
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.076
And the network is plugged 0.056
And Tor is ready 23.318
Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.175
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.094
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.862
Unexpected connections were made
  #<OpenStruct mac_saddr="50:54:00:6b:c4:c0", mac_daddr="52:54:00:00:00:01", protocol="IP::TCP", saddr="10.2.1.51", daddr="8.43.85.67", sport=44720, dport=80> (FirewallAssertionFailedError)
./features/support/helpers/firewall_helper.rb:165:in `assert_all_connections'
./features/support/helpers/firewall_helper.rb:175:in `assert_no_leaks'
./features/support/hooks.rb:536:in `After'
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.431

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:15:31)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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_devel/4111/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:31_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 0.031
1:16.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given a computer 0.219
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 41.495
And I enable persistence 8.778
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.058
# 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 0.059
And I log in to a new session 12.212
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.650
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 4.119
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.493
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.097
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009