Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 112 30 Oct 2026, 03:50

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 27:53.696 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
19.534
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 6.164
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.033
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.975
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.189
When I start Tails Installer 8.148
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.022
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.589
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
16.998
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 6.209
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.031
And I start Tails Installer 8.371
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.015
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.171
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.048
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.115
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.649
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.722
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 6.106
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.037
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.969
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.211
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.658
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 16.106
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.582
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
Tags: @product
2:7.333
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 6.499
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.031
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.206
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:40.104
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.879
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.566
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.874
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.116
Tags: @product
15:25.454
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 8.042
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.036
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" 2.920
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.234
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.194
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 5.022 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:11:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/112/artifact/build-artifacts/01:11:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/112/artifact/build-artifacts/01:11:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/112/artifact/build-artifacts/01:11:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/112/artifact/build-artifacts/01:11:11_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.126
Tags: @product
2:21.553
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 7.779
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.192
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.633
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.299
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.545
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.689
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.115
Tags: @product
2:15.481
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 7.834
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.511
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.689
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.174
# 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 1:40.178
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.370
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.683
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.726
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product @uefi
1:7.925
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 8.072
And I power off the computer 0.236
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 57.544
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.815
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
58.094
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 6.293
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 21.958
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.206
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 27.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.086
Tags: @product
55.597
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 54.703
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.228
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.166
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.122
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.091
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.077
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.060
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006