Cucumber Reports (no 6160) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6160	23 Feb 2026, 12:00

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	77	1	1	0	0	79	4	1	5	13:33.574	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

2:59.985

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 0.002

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 50.019

And I update APT using apt 6.201

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.317

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.720

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 20.229

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 3.168

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.226

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.169

And I enable persistence 17.650

And I log in to a new session 10.669

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.656

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.941

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.872

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.141

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.899

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.951

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:29.091

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.065

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:15.996

And I update APT using apt 4.552

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.253

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.163

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.059

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.965

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.801

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.028

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:0.349

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.095

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.443

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.159

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.466

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.502

When I start Synaptic 12.682

And I update APT using Synaptic 21.642

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.955

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.562

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.771

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.198

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.557

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.695

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.626

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.428

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.128

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.275

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.462

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.695

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.433

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.586

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

4:47.971

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.060

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:21.112

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.012

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.316

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.135

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.747

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.436

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.305

And I enable persistence 7.035

# 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 0.012

# 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 0.048

And I log in to a new session 10.390

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.194

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.042

# 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 0.045

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 12.252

And available upgrades have been checked 2.169

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.487

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.619

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 14.156

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.071

And I enable persistence 6.886

# 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 0.029

And I log in to a new session 10.886

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.281

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

And the network is plugged 0.028

And Tor is ready 18.015

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.048

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.063

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 1.258

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.796

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:16.176

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 38.958

And I enable persistence 7.058

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.038

# 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 0.064

And I log in to a new session 10.392

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 9.091

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.487

The

The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [notification | ]: child with name='Show Log' roleName='button'
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:33:in `click_gnome_shell_notification_button'
./features/step_definitions/additional_software_packages.rb:160:in `/^I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:130:in `And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification'

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.042

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.195

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 00:59:51)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.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_stable/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_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/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_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/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_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/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_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/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6160/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:51_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	77	1	1	0	0	79	4	1	5	13:33.574	Failed

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