Cucumber Reports (no 6247) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable	6247	30 Mar 2026, 11:53

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	77	1	1	0	0	79	4	1	5	12:51.679	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

2:48.243

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 52.284

And I update APT using apt 6.229

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 6.227

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 5.128

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 17.183

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.088

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.173

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.396

And I enable persistence 13.281

And I log in to a new session 9.635

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.158

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.651

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.700

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been started 0.104

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.551

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.588

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:20.871

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 0.095

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:7.833

And I update APT using apt 4.461

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 6.267

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 2.158

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 5.929

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.924

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:53.060

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 0.001

Steps

Given a computer 0.054

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:36.212

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.202

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 3.640

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.541

When I start Synaptic 12.211

And I update APT using Synaptic 21.309

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 8.133

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.501

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.606

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.180

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.422

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.672

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.208

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 3.158

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.837

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.203

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.434

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.530

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.389

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.900

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

4:38.849

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 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.055

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:14.425

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 8.672

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 3.696

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.613

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 8.003

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.026

And I enable persistence 5.626

# 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 0.013

# 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 0.053

And I log in to a new session 10.110

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.248

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.035

# 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 0.066

And the network is plugged 0.035

And Tor is ready 11.597

And available upgrades have been checked 3.210

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 0.424

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 2.557

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 22.397

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 37.827

And I enable persistence 5.640

# 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 0.011

And I log in to a new session 9.816

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been started 10.207

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.057

And the network is plugged 0.017

And Tor is ready 17.268

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.055

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

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.810

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.712

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.015

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:10.653

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 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.064

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 36.840

And I enable persistence 5.473

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.053

# 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 0.055

And I log in to a new session 9.747

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.039

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 10.379

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 0.043

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.117

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package' (at time 01:01:06)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_I_am_notified_when_Additional_Software_fails_to_install_a_package.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6247/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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	12:51.679	Failed

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