Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4235 17 Feb 2026, 12:00

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

Tags: @product
1:42.806
Scenario Using Tails' custom backup tool to backup a newly added file
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.143
# The volume cannot be in use when GuestFs clones it, which we do below
And I shutdown Tails and wait for the computer to power off 11.182
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "backup" 0.801
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.778
And I write a file "/live/persistence/TailsData_unlocked/new" with contents "foo" 0.008
When I start Tails' custom backup tool 5.914
Then the backup tool displays "Plug in your backup Tails USB stick" 0.159
When I plug USB drive "backup" 2.324
And I give the Persistent Storage on drive "backup" its own UUID 0.079
And I click "Retry" in the backup tool 1.194
Then the backup tool displays "Do you want to back up your Persistent Storage now?" 0.121
When I click "Back Up" in the backup tool 1.122
And I enter my persistent storage passphrase into the polkit prompt 2.975
Then the backup tool displays "Your Persistent Storage was backed up successfully to your backup Tails USB stick!" 1:0.000
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [desktop frame | main]: 'zenity' application
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/backup.rb:7:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/backup.rb:7: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/backup.rb:6: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/backup.rb:6:in `/^the backup tool displays "([^"]+)"$/'
features/backup.feature:22:in `Then the backup tool displays "Your Persistent Storage was backed up successfully to your backup Tails USB stick!"'
# The backup tool ejects the drive, so we have to replug it
When I unplug USB drive "backup" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "backup" 0.000
Then the USB drive "backup" contains the same files as my persistent storage 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.854

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Using Tails' custom backup tool to backup a newly added file' (at time 01:20:13)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4235/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:13_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4235/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:13_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4235/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:13_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4235/artifact/build-artifacts/01:20:13_Using_Tails__custom_backup_tool_to_backup_a_newly_added_file.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.117