Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 99 25 Oct 2026, 03:37

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 27:48.207 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
19.924
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 6.352
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.045
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.950
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.196
When I start Tails Installer 8.345
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
16.930
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 6.326
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.037
And I start Tails Installer 8.155
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.010
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.198
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.058
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.107
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.214
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 6.213
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" 2.956
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.254
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.409
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.693
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.620
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
Tags: @product
2:2.448
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 6.290
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.036
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.195
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.014
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.226
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.645
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.764
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.155
Tags: @product
15:25.185
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 7.920
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.048
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.027
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.903
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.190
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.095
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 5.221 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:59:06)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/99/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:06_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/99/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:06_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/99/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:06_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/99/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:06_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
2:21.494
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 7.646
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.058
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.177
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.236
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.725
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.608
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.129
Tags: @product
2:10.709
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 7.417
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.518
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.634
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.167
# 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 1:35.899
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.521
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.514
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product @uefi
1:8.604
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 8.002
And I power off the computer 0.248
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 57.827
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.199
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.274
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
58.815
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 6.304
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.091
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.025
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.169
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 28.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.114
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.103
Tags: @product
57.878
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 57.080
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.197
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.166
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.123
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.089
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.036
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.042
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005