Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories 2 25 Jul 2026, 19:28

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 28:11.464 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
20.437
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 6.776
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.015
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.027
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.228
When I start Tails Installer 8.355
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product
17.587
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.816
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.016
And I start Tails Installer 8.338
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.012
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.218
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.042
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.126
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.551
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 6.592
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.014
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.068
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.348
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.368
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.567
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.533
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.159
Tags: @product
2:2.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.828
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.253
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.793
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 12.843
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.742
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.132
Tags: @product
15:32.549
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 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.072
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.070
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.009
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.820
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.242
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:19.334
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:271: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:269: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:269: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 5.715 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:56:15)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:15_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_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:15_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_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:15_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_20036-check-po-msgfmt-ignore-irrelevant-directories/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:15_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.126
Tags: @product
2:20.911
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.868
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.313
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.740
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.148
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.762
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.084
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.112
Tags: @product
2:12.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
# 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 7.420
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.023
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.949
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.349
# 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 1:38.709
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.683
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.759
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.873
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product @uefi
1:15.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.511
And I power off the computer 0.253
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.012
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:4.172
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.280
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.255
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.675
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.070
Tags: @product
53.450
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.722
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 21.372
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.014
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.276
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 23.065
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.121
Tags: @product
1:9.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.075
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:8.950
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.252
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.167
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.160
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.121
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.098
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.086
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007