Cucumber Reports (no 5) - Feature: Additional software

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14	5	29 Sep 2026, 22:09

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	11:22.279	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

2:36.943

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given I start Tails from a freshly installed USB drive with an administration password and the network is plugged and I login 47.132

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.697

And I install "popularity-contest" using apt 3.243

Then I am proposed to add the "popularity-contest" package to my Additional Software 3.674

When I create a persistent storage and activate the Additional Software feature 13.626

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 1.591

When I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 4.243

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 35.398

And I enable persistence 22.006

And I log in to a new session 7.818

And the Additional Software installation service has started 10.153

Then I am notified that the installation succeeded 1.683

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "popularity-contest" 0.609

And the package "popularity-contest" is installed after Additional Software has been installed 0.064

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.749

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.630

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

1:19.346

Scenario The Additional Software dpkg hook notices when persistence is locked down while installing a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.093

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with an administration password 1:6.765

And I update the APT lists using apt 5.010

When I install "ripgrep" using apt 3.166

Then the Additional Software dpkg hook has been run for package "ripgrep" and notices the persistence is locked 4.253

And the package "ripgrep" is installed 0.057

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.896

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.038

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow

2:55.949

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.002

Steps

Given a computer 0.083

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:41.623

When I uninstall "popularity-contest" using apt 3.155

And I accept removing "popularity-contest" from Additional Software 2.499

Then "popularity-contest" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.372

When I start Synaptic 12.063

And I update the APT lists using Synaptic 21.234

And I install "cowsay" using Synaptic 7.717

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 2.362

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.700

When I uninstall "cowsay" using apt 3.145

And I refuse removing "cowsay" from Additional Software 2.545

Then Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.729

When I start "Additional Software" via GNOME Activities Overview 9.177

And I remove "cowsay" from the list of Additional Software using Additional Software GUI 2.878

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.674

When I install "cowsay" using apt 3.138

And I refuse adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 1.319

Then "cowsay" is not in the list of Additional Software 0.529

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.279

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.562

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker

3:18.716

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:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.101

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" and I login with persistence enabled and an administration password 1:19.050

And I configure APT to prefer an old version of cowsay 0.021

When I install an old version "3.03+dfsg2-1" of the cowsay package using apt 5.516

And I accept adding "cowsay" to Additional Software 5.003

And Additional Software is correctly configured for package "cowsay" 0.621

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 2.604

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.583

And I enable persistence 12.012

# 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 0.006

# 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 8.141

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 10.375

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.037

# 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 0.048

And the network is plugged 0.026

And Tor is ready 12.705

And available upgrades have been checked 0.037

And I see the "The upgrade of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 1.293

And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification 26.473

The

The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | gnome-shell]: child with roleName='notification'
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 configuration window from the notification$/'
features/additional_software_packages.feature:103:in `And I can open the Additional Software configuration window from the notification'

And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 0.000

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 0.000

And I enable persistence 0.000

# 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 0.000

And I log in to a new session 0.000

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is "3.03+dfsg2-1" after Additional Software has been installed 0.000

And I revert the APT tweaks that made it prefer an old version of cowsay 0.000

And the network is plugged 0.000

And Tor is ready 0.000

Then the Additional Software upgrade service has started 0.000

And the installed version of package "cowsay" is newer than "3.03+dfsg2-1" 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.055

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.787

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Recovering in offline mode after Additional Software previously failed to upgrade and then succeed to upgrade when online' (at time 01:05:42)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Content of /run/live-additional-software/log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.file_content_run_live-additional-software_log

Output of ls -la --full-time /live/persistence/tailsdata_unlocked: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_persistent_volume

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/cache/apt: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_var_cache_apt

Output of ls -lar --full-time /var/lib/apt: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_var_lib_apt

Output of mount: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.cmd_output_mount

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_web-release-7.14/5/artifact/build-artifacts/01:05:42_Recovering_in_offline_mode_after_Additional_Software_previously_failed_to_upgrade_and_then_succeed_to_upgrade_when_online.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.030

Tags: @product @check_tor_leaks @slow @not_release_blocker_inherited

1:11.323

Scenario I am notified when Additional Software fails to install a package

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001

Before features/support/hooks.rb:527 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.097

And I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged 34.217

And I enable persistence 12.641

And I remove the "cowsay" deb files from the APT cache 0.031

And I log in to a new session 9.789

Then I see the "The installation of your additional software failed" notification after at most 300 seconds 8.275

And I can open the Additional Software log file from the notification 5.953

And the package "cowsay" is not installed 0.317

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:535 0.282

After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.886

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Additional software	66	1	11	0	0	78	4	1	5	11:22.279	Failed

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