Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak 50 18 Oct 2026, 19:56

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 28:23.728 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
31.310
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 18.101
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.025
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.795
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.177
When I start Tails Installer 8.191
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.018
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.889
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
28.835
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 17.882
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.031
And I start Tails Installer 8.555
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 0.047
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.103
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:4.080
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 6.059
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.031
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.874
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.188
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.922
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.544
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.423
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.110
Tags: @product
2:0.336
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 6.181
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.218
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.492
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.991
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.376
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.817
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.112
Tags: @product
15:24.860
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 7.926
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.049
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.022
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.808
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.203
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:11.850
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 5.109 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:00:03)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/50/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:03_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_stable-flatpak/50/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:03_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable-flatpak/50/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:03_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_stable-flatpak/50/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:03_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
2:22.129
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 7.717
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.030
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.197
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.470
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.816
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.848
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.875
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.109
Tags: @product
2:8.457
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 7.535
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.443
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.624
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.204
# 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 1:34.973
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.082
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.546
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.118
Tags: @product @uefi
1:9.282
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 8.182
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 58.720
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.182
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.902
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.864
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product
1:9.842
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 18.092
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 21.963
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.032
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.182
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 27.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.110
Tags: @product
1:4.593
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.088
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:3.668
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.187
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.191
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.171
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.117
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.056
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.048
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005