Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6731 08 Oct 2026, 16:02

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 28:25.194 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
21.384
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 7.043
And I temporarily create a 4 GiB disk named "gptfat" 0.039
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 3.012
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.193
When I start Tails Installer 9.065
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
18.209
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 6.817
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.036
And I start Tails Installer 8.814
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.061
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.246
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.059
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.134
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.026
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:7.992
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 7.066
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" 2.937
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.191
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:37.492
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.526
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.699
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.052
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.765
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.110
Tags: @product
2:4.849
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 6.608
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.027
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.230
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:38.659
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 14.796
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.468
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.059
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.147
Tags: @product
15:26.893
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 8.698
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.061
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.028
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 3.138
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.230
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.735
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 5.231 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:01:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6731/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_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/6731/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_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/6731/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_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/6731/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.140
Tags: @product
2:24.592
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.969
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.036
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.257
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:53.160
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 18.502
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.613
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.142
Tags: @product
2:13.499
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
# 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 7.955
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.374
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.684
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.194
# 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 1:37.119
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.334
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.787
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.048
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.734
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.136
Tags: @product @uefi
1:10.584
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 8.201
And I power off the computer 0.262
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.023
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 59.142
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.188
And the boot device has safe access rights 2.700
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.066
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.614
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.029
Tags: @product
1:2.965
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 7.288
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.561
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.028
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.178
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 30.908
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.142
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.137
Tags: @product
1:14.222
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.108
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:13.192
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.258
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.152
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.142
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.098
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.062
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.102
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.104
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009