Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6696 28 Sep 2026, 12:14

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 28:20.924 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
21.138
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 6.434
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.045
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.876
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.205
When I start Tails Installer 9.521
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.054
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.623
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
18.399
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.497
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.036
And I start Tails Installer 9.108
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.029
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.502
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.040
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.151
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.031
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:9.098
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.394
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.032
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.025
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.235
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:39.310
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.433
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.625
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.703
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.141
Tags: @product
2:5.423
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 6.629
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.279
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:38.170
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.439
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.835
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.814
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
Tags: @product
15:26.291
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 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.387
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.079
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.025
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.987
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.205
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.606
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 5.285 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:15:08)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6696/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:08_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/6696/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:08_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/6696/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:08_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/6696/artifact/build-artifacts/01:15:08_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.128
Tags: @product
2:23.585
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.817
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.045
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.188
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:52.006
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.598
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.808
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.120
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
2:13.485
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 8.169
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.794
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.751
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.175
# 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 1:37.304
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.678
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.554
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.784
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122
Tags: @product @uefi
1:10.726
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 9.270
And I power off the computer 0.250
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.024
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 58.412
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.415
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.293
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.880
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
1:1.743
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 6.428
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.290
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.242
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 30.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.127
Tags: @product
1:11.032
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:9.996
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.267
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.263
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 0.093
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.068
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.057
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.606
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016