Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6533 27 Jul 2026, 13:33

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 28:55.522 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
22.739
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 7.034
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.016
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.453
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.325
When I start Tails Installer 9.871
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
19.383
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 6.699
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.016
And I start Tails Installer 9.635
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.021
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.782
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.058
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.149
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.514
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 6.723
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" 3.151
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.336
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:39.878
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.591
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.729
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.131
Tags: @product
2:19.128
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 7.190
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.254
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:53.053
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.500
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.027
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.986
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.135
Tags: @product
15:35.333
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 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.731
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.056
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.016
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.021
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.303
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:21.203
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 5.878 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:56:39)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6533/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:39_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_stable/6533/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:39_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_stable/6533/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:39_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_stable/6533/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:39_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.150
Tags: @product
2:21.915
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 7.889
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.227
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.711
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 16.026
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.988
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.925
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.141
Tags: @product
2:14.287
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 7.899
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.008
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.833
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.262
# 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 1:39.762
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.630
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.833
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.058
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.197
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.160
Tags: @product @uefi
1:19.285
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.518
And I power off the computer 0.449
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.013
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:6.187
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.271
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.799
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.564
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
55.177
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.236
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.628
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.244
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 23.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.122
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.132
Tags: @product
1:19.757
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.069
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:18.604
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.293
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.244
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.191
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.118
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.073
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.061
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.558
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006