Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 77 29 Jun 2026, 14:53

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 28:31.055 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
21.955
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.683
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.015
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.418
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.355
When I start Tails Installer 9.454
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.028
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.792
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
19.389
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 7.090
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.012
And I start Tails Installer 9.477
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.016
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.567
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.050
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.149
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.024
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.551
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 6.981
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.029
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.318
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.371
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:39.313
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 12.595
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.882
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.132
Tags: @product
2:3.675
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 6.876
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.247
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:38.047
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.732
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.708
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.117
Tags: @product
15:33.093
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 8.130
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.063
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.009
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.951
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.329
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:19.609
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 5.292 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:56:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/77/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:17_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_7929-celluloid-flatpak/77/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:17_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_7929-celluloid-flatpak/77/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:17_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_7929-celluloid-flatpak/77/artifact/build-artifacts/00:56:17_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.166
Tags: @product
2:25.480
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 7.805
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.067
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.377
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:54.845
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.588
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.746
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.895
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
Tags: @product
2:15.425
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 7.456
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.392
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.909
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.291
# 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 1:40.486
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.728
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.085
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122
Tags: @product @uefi
1:21.660
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.369
And I power off the computer 0.258
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 1:10.057
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.330
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.575
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
54.902
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 6.739
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.546
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.046
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.291
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 23.277
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.142
Tags: @product
1:7.920
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.062
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:6.725
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.354
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.184
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.232
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.144
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.074
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.065
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.887
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009