Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db 5 13 Jun 2026, 02:20

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 27:34.734 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
20.596
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 6.831
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.034
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.859
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.207
When I start Tails Installer 8.637
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.583
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
17.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.704
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.029
And I start Tails Installer 8.515
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.011
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.212
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.054
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.136
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:1.988
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.750
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.051
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.893
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.231
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.611
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 11.953
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.428
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
2:0.181
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.938
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.243
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.699
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 12.720
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.502
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.793
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.110
Tags: @product
15:30.808
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 0.019
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.474
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.069
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.029
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.941
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.228
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:17.063
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 5.442 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:57:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21643-uefi-db/5/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:11_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_21643-uefi-db/5/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:11_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_21643-uefi-db/5/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:11_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_21643-uefi-db/5/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.114
Tags: @product
2:7.147
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.805
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.049
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.223
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:40.155
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.245
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.571
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.107
Tags: @product
2:8.848
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
# 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 7.814
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.933
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.702
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.214
# 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 1:35.983
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 12.402
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.739
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088
Tags: @product @uefi
1:12.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.474
And I power off the computer 0.257
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.031
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:1.308
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.249
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.417
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.857
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product
49.538
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.899
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 20.810
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.029
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.218
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 19.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
1:5.131
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.020
Given a computer 0.184
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:4.073
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.255
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.161
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.146
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.098
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.046
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.082
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024