Cucumber Reports (no 9) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11	9	21 Aug 2026, 16:13

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	10:47.220	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

2:37.102

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 46.115

And I update the APT lists using apt 7.321

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.233

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.959

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 15.910

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.696

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.076

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.244

And I enable persistence 19.089

And I log in to a new session 7.882

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.122

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.701

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.598

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.150

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.778

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.904

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:18.774

Scenario The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.020

Steps

Given a computer 0.133

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.259

And I update the APT lists using apt 4.982

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.247

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 0.087

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.603

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.083

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:55.746

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.105

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.398

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.133

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.439

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.490

When I start Synaptic 11.664

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.216

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.981

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.324

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.597

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.164

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.303

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.602

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.213

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.226

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.734

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.124

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.529

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.494

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.281

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.744

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

2:51.434

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.072

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:18.155

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.014

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.463

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.109

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.513

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 33.766

And I enable persistence 11.037

# 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 0.006

# 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 0.054

And I log in to a new session 8.111

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.183

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.047

# 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 0.051

And the network is plugged 0.039

And Tor is ready 13.011

And available upgrades have been checked 0.031

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.831

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 0.845

The

The Dogtail init script raised: Error: atspi_error: Method "Get" with signature "ss" on interface "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties" could not be processed as object /org/a11y/atspi/accessible/293 does not exist
 (1)
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:34: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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.029

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.216

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:03:47)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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_post-rm-7.11/9/artifact/build-artifacts/01:03:47_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 0.008

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:4.163

Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package

Hooks

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 0.078

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.665

And I enable persistence 13.048

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.041

And I log in to a new session 8.305

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.661

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 6.302

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.339

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.772

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	10:47.220	Failed

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