Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6608 26 Aug 2026, 13:56

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 28:43.403 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
20.551
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 6.451
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.051
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.890
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.203
When I start Tails Installer 8.906
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
29.805
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 18.381
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.043
And I start Tails Installer 8.941
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.013
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.203
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.064
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.137
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.959
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:11.657
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 6.659
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.045
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.207
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.218
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:39.614
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.270
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.589
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
2:9.277
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 6.528
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.050
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.319
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:39.983
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.525
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.813
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.123
Tags: @product
15:27.171
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 8.502
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.054
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.024
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.928
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.219
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:13.440
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 5.546 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:56:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6608/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_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_stable/6608/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_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_stable/6608/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_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_stable/6608/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.124
Tags: @product
2:24.696
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 7.807
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.043
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.241
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.694
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.839
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.027
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.043
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.625
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
2:16.651
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
# 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 7.881
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.584
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.719
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.211
# 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 1:38.937
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.536
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.733
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.047
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.127
Tags: @product @uefi
1:11.559
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 8.900
And I power off the computer 0.257
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.021
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 59.616
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.235
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.496
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:6.325
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 6.383
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 24.145
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.031
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.212
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 33.552
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.293
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.125
Tags: @product
1:5.705
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:4.901
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.199
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.154
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.106
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.107
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.042
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.048
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.563
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006