Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4678 17 Oct 2026, 11:04

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 13:39.763 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
2:5.455
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:16.538
And I update the APT lists using apt 35.166
When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.539
Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 2.463
And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 7.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.752
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.003
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:57.018
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 start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 45.953
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.566
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.349
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.087
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.761
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.570
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.007
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.081
And I enable persistence 17.296
And I log in to a new session 7.746
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.393
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.628
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.506
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.491
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:41.406
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:1.072
And I update the APT lists using apt 34.767
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.318
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.123
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.658
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
2:48.420
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 0.074
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.106
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.121
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.266
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.369
When I start Synaptic 11.714
And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 20.840
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.472
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.482
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.482
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.121
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.476
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.529
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.070
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.844
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.557
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.117
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.361
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.411
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.234
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.015
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
3:4.206
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 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:12.638
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 5.415
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.046
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.477
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.087
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.394
And I enable persistence 10.189
# 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 0.004
# 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 0.047
And I log in to a new session 7.174
And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.132
And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.031
# 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 0.032
And Tor is ready 12.269
And available upgrades have been checked 0.040
And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.293
And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 23.820
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 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.618 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:06:41)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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/4678/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:41_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 0.009
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
1:3.255
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 0.071
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 32.028
And I enable persistence 10.463
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053
And I log in to a new session 7.368
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 7.120
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.868
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.280
After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.697
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006