Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6569 10 Aug 2026, 12:48

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 28:41.639 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
20.266
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 6.372
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.039
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.062
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.233
When I start Tails Installer 8.518
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.883
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
17.083
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 6.267
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.027
And I start Tails Installer 8.360
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.015
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.192
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.093
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.113
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.350
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 6.241
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.026
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.038
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.332
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.974
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.141
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.554
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.145
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.232
Tags: @product
2:19.421
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 6.684
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.030
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.189
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.986
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.884
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.603
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.995
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
15:26.226
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 8.319
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.081
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.031
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.879
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.211
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.702
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 5.287 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:56:30)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6569/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:30_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/6569/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:30_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/6569/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:30_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/6569/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:30_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
Tags: @product
2:23.630
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 with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.821
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.225
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.897
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.911
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.691
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.617
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.127
Tags: @product
2:27.105
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 7.959
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.622
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.722
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.198
# 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 1:38.673
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 16.273
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.582
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.161
Tags: @product @uefi
1:12.783
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 8.239
And I power off the computer 0.238
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.016
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:1.580
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.208
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.469
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.958
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.018
Tags: @product
1:2.908
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 6.690
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 23.358
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.031
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.195
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 30.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.150
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.136
Tags: @product
1:2.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.081
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:1.823
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.288
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.190
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.186
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 0.065
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.065
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.799
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006