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

Feature Report

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
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
3:35.969
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 14.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014
2:16.362
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.005
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 13.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018
3:38.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.008
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.716
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
7:34.426
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 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
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.032
1:32.087
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 0.271
And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 1:31.816
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
After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.521

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