Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 11 09 Aug 2026, 23:20

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Installing Tails to a USB drive 70 1 4 0 0 75 9 1 10 27:55.431 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Installing Tails to a USB drive
As a Tails user I want to install Tails to a suitable USB drive
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
20.210
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.390
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.036
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.757
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.185
When I start Tails Installer 8.805
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
17.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.167
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.032
And I start Tails Installer 8.950
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.019
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.223
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.036
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.139
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.554
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.272
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.041
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.896
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.200
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.219
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.554
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.541
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.909
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.107
Tags: @product
2:2.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.338
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.026
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.228
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.534
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.673
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.590
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.105
Tags: @product
15:26.452
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.285
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.054
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.193
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.823
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | tails-installer]: child with name='Information' roleName='alert'
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./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/usb.rb:272:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
<internal:kernel>:187:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:270:in `block in <top (required)>' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:270:in `/^I (install|reinstall|upgrade) Tails( with Persistent Storage)? (?:to|on) USB drive "([^"]+)" by cloning$/'
features/usb_install.feature:50:in `And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning'
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 0.000
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 0.000
And there is a persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
And the USB drive "install" contains the same files as my persistent storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.990 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:56:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence/11/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.135
Tags: @product
2:23.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.848
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.032
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.185
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.102
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.379
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.746
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
Tags: @product
2:11.341
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
# We reach this first checkpoint only to ensure that the ' __internal' disk has reached the state (Tails installed + persistent partition set up) we need before we clone it below.
# This first part is done without Tails Installer (install from Tails USB image)
# Note: the "__internal" disk will keep its state across scenarios
# and features until one of its snapshots is restored.
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.999
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.705
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.729
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.203
# This second part is done with Tails Installer, that's what this scenario is about
When I reinstall Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.290
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.782
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.583
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.129
Tags: @product @uefi
1:11.438
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.262
And I power off the computer 0.246
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.014
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:0.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.152
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:0.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.427
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.828
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.212
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 29.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
Tags: @product
54.863
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given a computer 0.155
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 54.025
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.194
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.107
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.133
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.095
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.048
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.057
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005