Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 86 12 Oct 2026, 12:10

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 28:38.167 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
20.605
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 6.465
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" 3.035
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.197
When I start Tails Installer 8.854
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
18.049
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 6.583
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.026
And I start Tails Installer 8.934
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.008
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.283
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.052
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.132
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:8.878
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 6.517
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.040
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.173
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.194
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:38.345
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.830
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.736
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.096
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.134
Tags: @product
2:16.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.617
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.037
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.218
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.985
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.891
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.666
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.121
Tags: @product
15:27.335
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 8.030
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.053
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.033
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.075
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.240
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:13.902
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 5.450 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:01:33)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/86/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:33_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/86/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:33_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/86/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:33_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/86/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:33_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.153
Tags: @product
2:24.700
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 7.853
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.025
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.212
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.154
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 19.784
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.620
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.134
Tags: @product
2:15.525
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 8.024
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.920
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.731
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.350
# 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 1:38.725
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.834
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.889
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.123
Tags: @product @uefi
1:13.766
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 8.866
And I power off the computer 0.246
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.015
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:2.121
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.183
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.289
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.919
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:6.713
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 7.137
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 24.289
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.025
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.193
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 33.067
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.988
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.173
Tags: @product
1:6.129
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.091
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:5.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.230
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.150
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.131
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.095
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.052
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.041
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.496
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020