Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4680 19 Oct 2026, 11:22

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 27:53.296 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
19.980
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 6.278
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.029
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.757
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.215
When I start Tails Installer 8.681
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
17.363
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 6.177
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.025
And I start Tails Installer 8.774
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.008
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.183
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.050
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.127
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.754
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:6.406
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 6.264
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.026
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.861
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.186
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.373
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 16.029
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.617
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.770
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.114
Tags: @product
2:7.509
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 6.259
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.032
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.210
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:40.700
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.742
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.522
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.899
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.129
Tags: @product
15:25.009
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 7.934
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.055
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.028
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.829
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.199
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:11.962
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 4.928 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:57:51)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4680/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:51_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/4680/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:51_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/4680/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:51_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/4680/artifact/build-artifacts/00:57:51_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.127
Tags: @product
2:21.735
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 7.644
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.198
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.687
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.598
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.530
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.472
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
Tags: @product
2:11.227
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 7.661
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.463
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.698
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.199
# 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 1:35.769
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.757
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.621
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.056
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.993
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product @uefi
1:7.669
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 8.071
And I power off the computer 0.239
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.017
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 57.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.228
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.859
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
59.278
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 6.180
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.222
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.180
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 28.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.360
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.116
Tags: @product
57.115
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.093
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 56.277
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.208
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.123
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.148
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.080
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.049
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 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006