Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 34 21 Jun 2026, 20:20

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 28:18.420 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
21.718
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.028
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.027
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.035
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.250
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.229
When I start Tails Installer 9.127
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.135
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
18.255
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.167
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.062
And I start Tails Installer 8.601
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.013
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.214
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.045
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.135
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:42.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.332
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.061
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.215
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.256
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 2:13.787
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 12.449
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.889
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.141
Tags: @product
2:2.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.026
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.549
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.301
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.002
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 12.365
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.933
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.131
Tags: @product
15:31.860
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 0.024
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.953
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.037
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.871
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.200
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:17.743
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 5.436 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:59:04)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/34/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:04_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_21373-poweroff-inhibit/34/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:04_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_21373-poweroff-inhibit/34/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:04_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_21373-poweroff-inhibit/34/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:04_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
2:9.899
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.860
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.030
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.237
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:41.419
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.614
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.692
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
2:8.913
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.050
# 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 7.482
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.197
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.754
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.244
# 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 1:36.373
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 11.787
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.028
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.131
Tags: @product @uefi
1:12.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.022
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.880
And I power off the computer 0.252
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.039
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:0.703
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.222
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.288
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026
Tags: @product
51.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.021
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.062
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 20.967
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.314
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 20.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.257
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
1:0.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.023
Given a computer 0.178
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 59.030
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.267
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.147
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.155
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.092
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.047
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.062
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.666
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.026