Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring 3 10 Aug 2026, 16:51

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Installing Tails to a USB drive 54 5 16 0 0 75 5 5 10 1:20:49.067 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
20.083
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 6.256
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.027
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.843
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.194
When I start Tails Installer 8.718
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
17.431
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 6.268
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.029
And I start Tails Installer 8.749
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.031
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.196
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.035
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.102
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
15:21.053
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.213
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.027
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.997
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.162
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:9.651
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | ]: 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:30:in `And I install Tails 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
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.460 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive' (at time 00:51:45)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:45_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:45_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:45_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:45_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
15:18.836
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a pristine USB drive
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.382
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.035
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.210
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:10.207
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | ]: 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:39:in `And I install Tails 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
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 6.054 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a pristine USB drive' (at time 01:07:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:07:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.117
Tags: @product
15:28.833
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 8.616
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.062
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" 2.907
And I plug USB drive "install" 4.577
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.627
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | ]: 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 5.320 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:22:45)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:45_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_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:45_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_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:45_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_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:22:45_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
15:20.099
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a pristine USB drive, without cloning the Persistent Storage
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.013
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.035
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.200
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:9.850
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | ]: 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:60:in `And I install Tails 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 no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.664 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a pristine USB drive, without cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:38:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive,_without_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive,_without_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive,_without_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive,_without_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.116
Tags: @product
15:26.991
Scenario Re-installing Tails over an existing USB installation with a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
# 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 7.834
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.588
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.639
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.204
# 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 15:9.724
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendant of [application | ]: 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:75:in `When I reinstall Tails 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 no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.067 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Re-installing Tails over an existing USB installation with a persistent partition' (at time 01:53:43)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:53:43_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:53:43_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:53:43_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21644-desktop-file-dirs-mount-monitoring/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:53:43_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.129
Tags: @product @uefi
1:11.148
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 8.566
And I power off the computer 0.246
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.018
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 59.902
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.248
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.126
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:1.811
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 6.299
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.633
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.030
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.210
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 30.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
Tags: @product
1:2.778
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.079
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:1.992
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.212
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.133
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.131
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.085
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.044
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.051
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007