Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5990 08 Dec 2025, 08:35

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Additional software 46 2 31 0 0 79 3 2 5 16:50.377 Failed
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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
3:48.508
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 1:3.381
And I update APT using apt 5.851
And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.315
Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.448
When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 35.086
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.375
When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 12.554
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.752
And I enable persistence 25.861
And I log in to a new session 13.532
And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.448
Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.841
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.772
And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.287
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.910
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
1:43.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.004
Given a computer 0.188
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:26.558
And I update APT using apt 6.354
When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.375
Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.248
And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 15.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow
3:33.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007
Given a computer 3.398
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:58.470
When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.230
And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.390
Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.951
When I start Synaptic 14.056
And I update APT using Synaptic 22.024
And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 14.741
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.659
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.762
When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.382
And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 3.115
Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.876
When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.418
And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.026
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.245
When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.469
And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.938
Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.159
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker
1:32.965
Scenario Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.013
Steps
Given a computer 0.246
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:32.719
cannot 
cannot find TailsGreeter.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:439:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:79:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password'
And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.000
When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 0.000
And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 0.000
And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 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
# 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 started 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 started 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:527 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.823 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:16:36)
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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_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_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:36_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited
6:11.126
Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006
Steps
Given a computer 0.367
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.977
And I enable persistence 11.116
And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.047
# 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 0.060
And I log in to a new session 11.674
Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5:1.882
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:592:in `/^I see the "(.+)" notification(?: after at most (\d+) seconds)?$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:129:in `Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds'
And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 0.000
And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 8.542 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:22:53)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:53_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:53_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5990/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:53_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011