Cucumber Reports (no 6008) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6008	15 Dec 2025, 12:28

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	71	1	7	0	0	79	4	1	5	18:36.903	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

3:35.969

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 53.330

And I update APT using apt 6.407

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.707

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.988

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 29.293

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 2.906

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.885

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.879

And I enable persistence 30.221

And I log in to a new session 15.111

And the Additional Software installation service has started 11.003

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 2.228

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.744

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.260

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.112

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.684

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:16.362

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.185

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:58.907

And I update APT using apt 5.388

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.447

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 5.339

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.093

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.543

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.495

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:38.056

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:519 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.196

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 2:1.087

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.445

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 4.552

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.755

When I start Synaptic 15.784

And I update APT using Synaptic 22.171

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 12.752

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.633

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.881

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.249

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 4.956

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.774

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 10.119

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 4.803

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.229

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.225

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.682

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.755

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.828

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

7:34.426

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.179

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:40.271

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.026

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 10.267

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 7.371

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.867

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.077

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 45.390

And I enable persistence 7.808

# 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 0.023

# 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 0.065

And I log in to a new session 14.479

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.942

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.062

# 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 0.084

And the network is plugged 0.091

And Tor is ready 14.155

And available upgrades have been checked 0.075

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 5.710

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.985

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2:2.932

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 44.539

And I enable persistence 9.365

# 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 0.039

And I log in to a new session 13.030

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.721

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.061

And the network is plugged 0.064

And Tor is ready 24.501

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.162

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.069

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.606

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:32.087

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 0.005

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.271

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:31.816

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:122:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged'

And I enable persistence 0.000

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

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

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 0.000

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.046

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.521

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:19:24)

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/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_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_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_persistent_volume

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_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_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_var_lib_apt

Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6008/artifact/build-artifacts/01:19:24_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	71	1	7	0	0	79	4	1	5	18:36.903	Failed

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