Cucumber Reports (no 6166) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6166	24 Feb 2026, 22:39

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	77	1	1	0	0	79	4	1	5	13:25.550	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

2:51.576

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 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 49.093

And I update APT using apt 5.666

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.272

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.450

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 18.524

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.153

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.270

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.263

And I enable persistence 15.941

And I log in to a new session 10.250

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.174

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.748

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.656

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.111

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 7.081

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.685

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:28.525

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 0.004

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.071

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:14.864

And I update APT using apt 4.909

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.370

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.254

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.054

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 8.191

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.585

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

3:7.010

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 0.074

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:45.057

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 6.250

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.613

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674

When I start Synaptic 12.265

And I update APT using Synaptic 21.651

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.854

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.523

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.691

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.200

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.429

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.745

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.302

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.374

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 1.056

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.178

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.490

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.575

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.478

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.880

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

4:52.470

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.107

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:20.471

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 9.429

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 4.957

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.589

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.373

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.042

And I enable persistence 7.494

# 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 0.068

And I log in to a new session 11.426

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.535

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.052

# 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 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.030

And Tor is ready 13.543

And available upgrades have been checked 0.063

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 2.139

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.543

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 13.671

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 39.517

And I enable persistence 7.186

# 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 0.018

And I log in to a new session 12.581

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.233

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.046

And the network is plugged 0.015

And Tor is ready 18.119

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.065

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.062

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.878

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.610

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:5.967

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 0.003

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.061

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.938

And I enable persistence 5.467

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.049

# 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 0.057

And I log in to a new session 10.297

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.673

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.422

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 0.045

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.533

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:01:58)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_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/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_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/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_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/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_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/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_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/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_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/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6166/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:58_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

	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	13:25.550	Failed

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