Cucumber Reports (no 93) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti	93	18 Jun 2025, 20:47

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	74	1	4	0	0	79	4	1	5	40:9.207	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

9:55.751

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 0.023

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.035

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 2:24.951

And I update APT using apt 1:16.851

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 47.498

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 13.343

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 47.005

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 5.760

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.999

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:41.579

And I enable persistence 26.863

And I log in to a new session 59.440

And the Additional Software installation service has started 48.050

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 3.808

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.245

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.354

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 32.546

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.026

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

4:40.903

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 0.013

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.015

Steps

Given a computer 0.520

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 4:40.382

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:577:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:533: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)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:306:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
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:517 0.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.489

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package' (at time 02:41:15)

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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/02:41:15_The_Additional_Software_dpkg_hook_notices_when_persistence_is_locked_down_while_installing_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

7:57.631

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 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.249

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 5:0.766

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 35.431

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 1.731

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.052

When I start Synaptic 33.909

And I update APT using Synaptic 26.652

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 20.584

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.982

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 1.285

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.509

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 6.140

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 4.380

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 12.251

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 11.342

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.275

When I install "cowsay" using apt 8.821

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.172

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 3.091

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 1.647

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.869

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

14:22.308

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 0.008

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.238

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 4:21.405

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 40.516

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.855

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 3.096

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.685

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:35.800

And I enable persistence 19.289

# 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 0.111

And I log in to a new session 1:4.395

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 44.400

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.118

# 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 0.287

And the network is plugged 0.618

And Tor is ready 33.813

And available upgrades have been checked 0.061

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 3.502

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 5.259

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 16.101

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:25.666

And I enable persistence 15.886

# 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 0.494

And I log in to a new session 51.323

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 42.980

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.063

And the network is plugged 0.089

And Tor is ready 59.856

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.209

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.102

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 2.817

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.839

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.221

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

3:12.613

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 0.011

Before features/support/hooks.rb:509 0.009

Steps

Given a computer 0.710

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:29.171

And I enable persistence 19.604

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.071

# 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 0.097

And I log in to a new session 1:1.289

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 11.187

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 9.579

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.900

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:517 0.309

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.523

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

	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	40:9.207	Failed

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