core-admin v4.2.37 (r4.2)

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Update of core-admin to v4.2.37 for Qubes OS r4.2, see comments below for details and build status.

From commit: QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@3a5cd7d

Changes since previous version:
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@3a5cd7dc version 4.2.37
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@f74b58d1 Allow spaces in values of requested features
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@31128d0a tests: support the new(er) Thunderbird name on F41+
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@c81ee70a tests: add sbin to PATH so mkfs.ext4 works under Whonix
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@2bb18960 tests: don't let the repo server process steal stdin
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@72e632b1 tests: fix race condition in updates test
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@36ec7745 tests: log stderr from upgrades-status-notify
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@3715b7f1 tests: do not wait on skipped tests
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@5d777992 tests: give more RAM for HVM with in-vm kernel
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@b7e707a3 tests: adjust update tests for minimal template
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@1217f2d1 tests: do not skip network tests on minimal template
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@ca7a04c0 tests: support not installing extra packages for in-vm kernel tests
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@dd86ab95 tests: test ptyxis on newer fedora template instead of gnome-terminal
QubesOS/qubes-core-admin@1f639785 qvm-console-dispvm: drop wrong validation of trusted input

Referenced issues:
QubesOS/qubes-issues#5212
QubesOS/qubes-issues#9244
QubesOS/qubes-issues#9750
QubesOS/qubes-issues#9775

If you're release manager, you can issue GPG-inline signed command:

• Upload-component r4.2 core-admin 3a5cd7dc54c808604c0d5fabf78ac628635de6c8 current all (available 5 days from now)
• Upload-component r4.2 core-admin 3a5cd7dc54c808604c0d5fabf78ac628635de6c8 security-testing all

You can choose subset of distributions like:

• Upload-component r4.2 core-admin 3a5cd7dc54c808604c0d5fabf78ac628635de6c8 current vm-bookworm,vm-fc37 (available 5 days from now)

Above commands will work only if packages in current-testing repository were built from given commit (i.e. no new version superseded it).

For more information on how to test this update, please take a look at https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/testing/#updates.

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Package for host was built (build log).

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Package for host was uploaded to current-testing repository.

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OpenQA test summary

Complete test suite and dependencies: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.2&build=2025022304-4.2&flavor=update

Test run included the following:

• core-agent-linux v4.2.41 (r4.2) #5453
• gui-daemon v4.2.8 (r4.2) #5307
• core-qrexec v4.2.23 (r4.2) #5451
• core-admin v4.2.37 (r4.2) #5455

New failures, excluding unstable

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/overview?distri=qubesos&version=4.2&build=2024111722-4.2&flavor=update

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_zfs

  • TC_00_Basic: test_120_start_standalone_with_cdrom_dom0 (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : b'Timeout waiting for dom0:loop4 device to...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_228_audio_rec_unmuted_pipewire (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.18746031746031...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_251_audio_playback_audiovm_pipewire_late_start (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.45730158730158...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui@hw1

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17: test_252_audio_playback_audiovm_switch_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: pacat for test-inst-vm1 (xid 84) running(False) in ...

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-gateway-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    self.assertNotEqual(vm.run('test -e /dev/vid... AssertionError: 0 == 0

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui

  • TC_00_Basic: test_120_start_standalone_with_cdrom_dom0 (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : b'Timeout waiting for dom0:loop6 device to...

  • TC_20_NonAudio_whonix-gateway-17: test_105_qrexec_filemove (error)
    qubes.exc.QubesVMError: Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seco...

• system_tests_network_updates

  • VmUpdates_debian-12-xfce: test_020_updates_available_notification (failure)
    self.assertFalse(self.testvm1.feat... AssertionError: '1' is not false

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_ext4

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_220_audio_play_pulseaudio (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.07074829931972...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_251_audio_playback_audiovm_pipewire_late_start (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.34959183673469...

Failed tests

10 failures

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_zfs

  • TC_00_Basic: test_120_start_standalone_with_cdrom_dom0 (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : b'Timeout waiting for dom0:loop4 device to...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_228_audio_rec_unmuted_pipewire (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.18746031746031...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_251_audio_playback_audiovm_pipewire_late_start (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.45730158730158...

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui@hw1

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17: test_252_audio_playback_audiovm_switch_hvm (failure)
    AssertionError: pacat for test-inst-vm1 (xid 84) running(False) in ...

• system_tests_extra

  • TC_00_QVCTest_whonix-gateway-17: test_010_screenshare (failure)
    self.assertNotEqual(vm.run('test -e /dev/vid... AssertionError: 0 == 0

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui

  • TC_00_Basic: test_120_start_standalone_with_cdrom_dom0 (failure)
    AssertionError: 1 != 0 : b'Timeout waiting for dom0:loop6 device to...

  • TC_20_NonAudio_whonix-gateway-17: test_105_qrexec_filemove (error)
    qubes.exc.QubesVMError: Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seco...

• system_tests_network_updates

  • VmUpdates_debian-12-xfce: test_020_updates_available_notification (failure)
    self.assertFalse(self.testvm1.feat... AssertionError: '1' is not false

• system_tests_basic_vm_qrexec_gui_ext4

  • TC_20_AudioVM_Pulse_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_220_audio_play_pulseaudio (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.07074829931972...

  • TC_20_AudioVM_PipeWire_whonix-workstation-17-pool: test_251_audio_playback_audiovm_pipewire_late_start (failure)
    AssertionError: too short audio, expected 10s, got 9.34959183673469...

Fixed failures

Compared to: https://openqa.qubes-os.org/tests/119203#dependencies

1 fixed

• system_tests_pvgrub_salt_storage
  • TC_41_HVMGrub_fedora-40-xfce: test_010_template_based_vm (error)
    qubes.exc.QubesVMError: Cannot connect to qrexec agent for 120 seco...

Unstable tests

Performance Tests

Performance degradation:

No issues

Remaining performance tests:

No remaining performance tests