Cucumber Reports (no 6200) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6200	13 Mar 2026, 07:18

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	77	1	1	0	0	79	4	1	5	13:1.052	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

2:38.968

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 0.017

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 47.481

And I update APT using apt 5.155

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.268

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 4.074

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 19.191

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.138

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.056

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.232

And I enable persistence 14.613

And I log in to a new session 9.247

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.160

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.663

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.579

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.106

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.219

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.639

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:53.256

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.051

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:40.216

And I update APT using apt 4.473

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.254

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.206

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.053

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 6.047

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.012

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:56.327

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 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.062

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:37.778

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.177

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.615

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.432

When I start Synaptic 12.184

And I update APT using Synaptic 22.087

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 9.047

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.489

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.668

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.131

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.479

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.651

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.251

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.343

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.778

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.193

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.401

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.553

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.361

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.625

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

4:28.498

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.051

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:13.673

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.009

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 8.353

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.652

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.556

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 7.978

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.920

And I enable persistence 5.538

# 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 0.009

# 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 0.039

And I log in to a new session 8.992

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.242

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.048

# 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 0.013

And Tor is ready 12.491

And available upgrades have been checked 1.105

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.653

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.635

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 18.307

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.297

And I enable persistence 6.491

# 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 0.009

And I log in to a new session 9.615

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.173

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.075

And the network is plugged 0.018

And Tor is ready 15.392

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.056

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.049

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.689

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.747

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.037

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:4.001

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 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:519 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.048

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.932

And I enable persistence 6.612

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.051

# 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 8.982

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.773

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.536

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 0.059

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.269

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:00:19)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_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/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_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/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_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/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_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/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_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/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_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/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6200/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:19_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.030

	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	13:1.052	Failed

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