Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4641 28 Sep 2026, 17:31

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 28:28.364 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
19.845
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 6.323
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.037
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.889
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.178
When I start Tails Installer 8.382
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
17.261
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 6.348
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.038
And I start Tails Installer 8.499
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.014
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.177
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.033
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.125
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:21.692
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 6.316
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" 2.849
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.186
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.668
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.907
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.667
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.061
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.574
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.139
Tags: @product
2:4.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.233
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.030
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.245
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.041
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 16.207
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.454
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.112
Tags: @product
15:25.657
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 8.113
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.082
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" 2.902
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.252
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.280
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 5.304 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:59:23)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4641/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:23_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_devel/4641/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:23_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4641/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:23_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_devel/4641/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:23_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.133
Tags: @product
2:22.909
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 7.938
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.186
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.192
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.787
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.724
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.116
Tags: @product
2:12.580
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 8.057
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.726
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.678
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.274
# 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 1:35.887
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 16.071
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.807
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.076
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.143
Tags: @product @uefi
1:12.308
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 without a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.475
And I power off the computer 0.244
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.021
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:1.131
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.242
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.146
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:1.059
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 6.500
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.770
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.031
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.238
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 29.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.133
Tags: @product
1:10.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.129
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:9.912
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.218
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.114
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.162
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.087
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.065
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.054
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.843
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005