Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4629 19 Sep 2026, 11:10

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 71 1 11 0 0 83 5 1 6 12:6.967 Failed
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc
1:38.484
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.187
And I update the APT lists using apt 7.156
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.174
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.030
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.008
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:26.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.008
And I update the APT lists using apt 5.218
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.164
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.169
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 14.423
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.557
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.965
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.161
And I enable persistence 17.729
And I log in to a new session 6.840
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.131
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.477
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.416
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.087
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.624
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.725
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:12.287
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.736
And I update the APT lists using apt 4.097
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.212
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.107
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:47.638
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.007
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:34.806
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.139
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.470
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.414
When I start Synaptic 11.407
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.097
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.283
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.479
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.484
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.118
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.521
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.488
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.111
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.084
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.661
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.148
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.454
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.953
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:4.603
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
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 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:10.613
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.005
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.694
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.079
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.451
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.599
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 31.902
And I enable persistence 10.521
# 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 0.005
# 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 0.044
And I log in to a new session 7.115
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.147
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.038
# 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 0.034
And the network is plugged 0.025
And Tor is ready 12.509
And available upgrades have been checked 1.070
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.508
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 27.160
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.274 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:03:33)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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_devel/4629/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:33_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 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
57.600
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001
Given a computer 0.072
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.295
And I enable persistence 10.787
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.037
And I log in to a new session 6.884
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.632
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.835
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.237
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005