Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5916 29 Oct 2025, 08:41

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 34:50.250 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
25.694
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.394
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.054
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.908
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.353
When I start Tails Installer 9.908
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.074
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.233
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product
22.695
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.872
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.050
And I start Tails Installer 10.718
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.024
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.725
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.093
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.179
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2:50.971
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.538
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.051
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 5.980
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.435
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:59.526
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.931
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 15.148
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.359
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.301
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.214
Tags: @product
2:29.878
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.023
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.563
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.052
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.329
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:56.071
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.133
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.659
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.173
Tags: @product
15:34.660
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage
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 12.678
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.101
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.055
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 4.333
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.329
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:15.163
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:263: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:261: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:261: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:331 5.838 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:06:15)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5916/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:15_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_stable/5916/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:15_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_stable/5916/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:15_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_stable/5916/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:15_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.180
Tags: @product
2:58.949
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10.880
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.056
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.372
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 2:18.382
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 23.305
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.880
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.192
Tags: @product
4:13.737
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 28.402
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.538
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 7.379
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.644
# 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 2:59.481
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.870
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 8.359
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.060
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.208
Tags: @product @uefi
1:57.052
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 11.867
And I power off the computer 0.306
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.048
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:40.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.758
And the boot device has safe access rights 3.509
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008
Tags: @product
2:18.068
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.751
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 41.359
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.087
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.674
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 1:25.194
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.305
Tags: @product
1:38.542
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.160
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:36.820
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.661
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.270
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.251
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.135
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.085
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.084
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.143
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008