Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 30 10 Sep 2026, 03:41

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 27:42.013 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
19.695
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 6.177
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.024
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.835
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.171
When I start Tails Installer 8.467
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
16.705
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 6.102
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.036
And I start Tails Installer 8.200
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.013
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.162
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.051
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.113
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.943
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.243
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 6.149
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.023
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.873
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.166
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.311
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.247
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.425
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.110
Tags: @product
1:59.928
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 6.256
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.027
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.199
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.094
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.867
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.433
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.115
Tags: @product
15:25.466
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 7.951
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.045
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.036
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.850
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.207
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.375
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 4.945 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:59:09)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/30/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:09_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/30/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:09_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/30/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:09_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/30/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:09_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.123
Tags: @product
2:21.191
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 7.651
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.195
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.192
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.261
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.769
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.085
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.133
Tags: @product
2:8.860
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 7.689
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.676
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.224
# 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 1:34.429
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.619
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.571
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122
Tags: @product @uefi
1:8.708
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 8.124
And I power off the computer 0.247
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.014
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 58.129
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.257
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.904
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.693
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 6.314
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 21.895
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.183
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 28.267
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.262
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.108
Tags: @product
58.520
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.086
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 57.716
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.189
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.121
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.138
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.099
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.051
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.056
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.013