Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6683 19 Sep 2026, 11:41

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 27:34.661 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
19.538
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 6.207
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.044
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.915
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.154
When I start Tails Installer 8.181
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.035
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
16.901
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 6.182
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.038
And I start Tails Installer 8.286
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.014
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.173
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.053
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.123
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:3.856
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 6.195
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.024
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.812
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.280
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.131
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 13.954
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.413
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.044
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.190
Tags: @product
2:0.981
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 6.255
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.035
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.181
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:35.492
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.319
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.616
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
15:25.293
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 8.009
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.052
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.034
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.766
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.175
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.255
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 5.087 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 00:59:42)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6683/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:42_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/6683/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:42_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/6683/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:42_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/6683/artifact/build-artifacts/00:59:42_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.115
Tags: @product
2:21.575
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 7.667
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.025
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.209
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.430
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.722
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.480
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.128
Tags: @product
2:9.180
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 7.536
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.466
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.574
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.434
# 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 1:35.382
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.137
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.604
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.114
Tags: @product @uefi
1:7.367
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 8.131
And I power off the computer 0.239
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.016
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 56.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.238
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.909
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.017
Tags: @product
58.638
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 6.197
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 21.902
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.024
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.189
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 28.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.107
Tags: @product
51.328
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.085
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 50.541
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.189
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.132
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.149
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.073
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.047
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.072
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005