Cucumber Reports (no 30) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak	30	28 Sep 2026, 19:37

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	59	1	23	0	0	83	5	1	6	11:40.082	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 @not_release_blocker @fragile @doc

1:40.172

Scenario I am warned I can not use Additional Software when I start Tails from a DVD and install a package

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 have started Tails from DVD and logged in with an administration password and the network is connected 1:18.977

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.392

When I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.146

Then I am notified I can not use Additional Software for "popularity-contest" 3.093

And I can open the Additional Software documentation from the notification 8.562

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.415

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:35.366

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 46.704

And I update the APT lists using apt 6.169

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.258

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 0.856

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.555

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.585

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.446

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.054

And I enable persistence 19.198

And I log in to a new session 8.080

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.099

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.704

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.556

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.096

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.262

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.850

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:13.850

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.114

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:3.751

And I update the APT lists using apt 4.616

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.162

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.147

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.341

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.468

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:53.287

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.082

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:38.715

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.154

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.478

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.414

When I start Synaptic 11.946

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.066

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.362

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.416

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.553

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.196

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.389

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.538

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.091

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.190

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.698

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.195

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.280

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.518

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 1.206

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.739

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

2:9.949

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.078

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:15.077

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.008

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.557

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.202

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.511

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 3.917

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.596

Known

Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:85:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged'

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

# 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 0.000

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

# 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 0.000

And the network is plugged 0.000

And Tor is ready 0.000

And available upgrades have been checked 0.000

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.000

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 0.000

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 0.040

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.257

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:07:05)

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.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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_stable-flatpak/30/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:05_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 0.016

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:7.456

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.093

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 33.742

And I enable persistence 11.430

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.033

And I log in to a new session 7.290

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.951

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.659

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.254

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.254

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.489

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	59	1	23	0	0	83	5	1	6	11:40.082	Failed

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