Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5952 14 Nov 2025, 11:17

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Installing Tails to a USB drive 26 7 42 0 0 75 3 7 10 8:39.740 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
1.570
Scenario Try installing Tails to a too small USB drive with GPT and a FAT partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1.570
Call 
Call to virDomainRestore failed: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: rdctl-no,skip-l1dfl-vmentry,mds-no,pschange-mc-no,gds-no,rfds-no (Guestfs::Error)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore_snapshot'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:135:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/usb_install.feature:8:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.000
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 0.000
When I start Tails Installer 0.000
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.427 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Try installing Tails to a too small USB drive with GPT and a FAT partition' (at time 00:20:05)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:05_Try_installing_Tails_to_a_too_small_USB_drive_with_GPT_and_a_FAT_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:05_Try_installing_Tails_to_a_too_small_USB_drive_with_GPT_and_a_FAT_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:05_Try_installing_Tails_to_a_too_small_USB_drive_with_GPT_and_a_FAT_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1.518
Scenario Detecting when a target USB drive is inserted or removed
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1.518
Call 
Call to virDomainRestore failed: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: rdctl-no,skip-l1dfl-vmentry,mds-no,pschange-mc-no,gds-no,rfds-no (Guestfs::Error)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore_snapshot'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:135:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/usb_install.feature:16:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.000
And I start Tails Installer 0.000
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.000
When I plug USB drive "temp" 0.000
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.000
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.000
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.478
Error message 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:465:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Detecting when a target USB drive is inserted or removed' (at time 00:20:11)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:11_Detecting_when_a_target_USB_drive_is_inserted_or_removed.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:11_Detecting_when_a_target_USB_drive_is_inserted_or_removed.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
2.165
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 2.165
Call 
Call to virDomainRestore failed: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: rdctl-no,skip-l1dfl-vmentry,mds-no,pschange-mc-no,gds-no,rfds-no (Guestfs::Error)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore_snapshot'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:135:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/usb_install.feature:26:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.000
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "install" 0.000
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 0.000
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 0.000
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 0.000
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.341
Error message 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:465:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive' (at time 00:20:17)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:17_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:17_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1.567
Scenario Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a pristine USB drive
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1.567
Call 
Call to virDomainRestore failed: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: rdctl-no,skip-l1dfl-vmentry,mds-no,pschange-mc-no,gds-no,rfds-no (Guestfs::Error)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore_snapshot'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:135:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/usb_install.feature:36:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "install" 0.000
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 0.000
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 0.000
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 0.000
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.423
Error message 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:465:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a pristine USB drive' (at time 00:20:23)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:23_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:20:23_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_pristine_USB_drive.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
3:27.395
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.498
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.060
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.062
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 4.201
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.310
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 2:42.228
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 20.119
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.339
And there is a persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.074
And the USB drive "install" contains the same files as my persistent storage 3.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.241
Tags: @product
3:2.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.045
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 16.581
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.063
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.381
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 2:17.848
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 21.869
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 3.820
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.068
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 2.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.199
Tags: @product
11.852
Scenario Re-installing Tails over an existing USB installation with a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Steps
# 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 9.920
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1.932
Call 
Call to virDomainRestore failed: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: rdctl-no,skip-l1dfl-vmentry,mds-no,pschange-mc-no,gds-no,rfds-no (Guestfs::Error)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore_snapshot'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:135:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/usb_install.feature:71:in `And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "install" 0.000
# 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 0.000
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 no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.674 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Re-installing Tails over an existing USB installation with a persistent partition' (at time 00:27:16)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:16_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:16_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:16_Re-installing_Tails_over_an_existing_USB_installation_with_a_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @uefi
1:49.304
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 12.263
And I power off the computer 0.301
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.045
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 1:33.694
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.292
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.657
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.049
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.989
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007
Tags: @product
1.449
Scenario Installing Tails with GNOME Disks from a USB image
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1.449
Call 
Call to virDomainRestore failed: operation failed: guest CPU doesn't match specification: missing features: rdctl-no,skip-l1dfl-vmentry,mds-no,pschange-mc-no,gds-no,rfds-no (Guestfs::Error)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:849:in `restore_snapshot'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:135:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/usb_install.feature:91:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 0.000
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.000
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 0.000
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.514 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with GNOME Disks from a USB image' (at time 00:29:12)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:12_Installing_Tails_with_GNOME_Disks_from_a_USB_image.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:12_Installing_Tails_with_GNOME_Disks_from_a_USB_image.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:12_Installing_Tails_with_GNOME_Disks_from_a_USB_image.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
0.284
Scenario The system partition is updated when booting from a USB drive where a Tails USB image was copied
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given a computer 0.240
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 0.044
Call 
Call to virStorageVolLookupByName failed: Storage volume not found: no storage vol with matching name 'usbimage' (Libvirt::RetrieveError)
./features/support/helpers/storage_helper.rb:151:in `lookup_volume_by_name'
./features/support/helpers/storage_helper.rb:151:in `disk_path'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:337:in `plug_drive'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:416:in `set_disk_boot'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:153:in `/^the computer is set to boot from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:278:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/usb_install.feature:100:in `And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.000
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.000
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.000
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.000
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.000
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.000
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.725
Error message 
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:465:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:460:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'The system partition is updated when booting from a USB drive where a Tails USB image was copied' (at time 00:29:17)
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:17_The_system_partition_is_updated_when_booting_from_a_USB_drive_where_a_Tails_USB_image_was_copied.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5952/artifact/build-artifacts/00:29:17_The_system_partition_is_updated_when_booting_from_a_USB_drive_where_a_Tails_USB_image_was_copied.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000