Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 3 19 Sep 2026, 06:34

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 27:58.828 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
19.662
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" 0.045
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "gptfat" 2.755
And I plug USB drive "gptfat" 2.192
When I start Tails Installer 8.441
Then I am told by Tails Installer that the destination device "is too small" 0.019
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product
17.124
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" 0.026
And I start Tails Installer 8.530
But a suitable USB device is not found 0.009
When I plug USB drive "temp" 2.172
Then the "temp" USB drive is selected 0.036
When I unplug USB drive "temp" 0.136
Then a suitable USB device is not found 0.029
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
2:5.914
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 6.207
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.026
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.756
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.188
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.893
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.294
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.503
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.115
Tags: @product
2:3.378
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 6.187
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.026
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.238
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:36.550
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.796
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.542
But there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.136
Tags: @product
15:25.471
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 7.948
And I create a file in the Persistent directory 0.044
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.031
And I create a gpt partition with a vfat filesystem on disk "install" 2.991
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.172
And I install Tails with Persistent Storage to USB drive "install" by cloning 15:12.282
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 4.904 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Installing Tails with Tails Installer to a used USB drive, cloning the Persistent Storage' (at time 01:01:06)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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_update-design-doc/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_Installing_Tails_with_Tails_Installer_to_a_used_USB_drive,_cloning_the_Persistent_Storage.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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_update-design-doc/3/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:06_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
2:22.143
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 7.697
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "install" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.237
And I install Tails to USB drive "install" by cloning 1:51.882
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 17.746
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.514
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.042
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
2:12.206
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 7.511
And I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.409
And I clone USB drive "__internal" to a temporary USB drive "install" 0.610
And I plug USB drive "install" 2.417
# 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 1:37.022
Then the running Tails is installed on USB drive "install" 15.545
And there is a random seed on USB drive "install" 2.649
And there is no persistence partition on USB drive "install" 0.039
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.126
Tags: @product @uefi
1:7.923
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 8.167
And I power off the computer 0.236
And the computer is set to boot in UEFI mode 0.015
When I start Tails from USB drive "__internal" with network unplugged and I login 57.515
Then Tails is running from USB drive "__internal" 0.226
And the boot device has safe access rights 1.729
And Tails has started in UEFI mode 0.032
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
59.631
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 6.162
And I plug and mount a USB drive containing a Tails USB image 22.460
And I create a 7200 MiB disk named "usbimage" 0.032
And I plug USB drive "usbimage" 2.178
And I install a Tails USB image to the 7200 MiB disk with GNOME Disks 28.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.730
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.111
Tags: @product
1:5.372
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I start Tails from USB drive "usbimage" with network unplugged and I login 1:4.627
Then Tails is running from USB drive "usbimage" 0.179
And the label of the system partition on "usbimage" is "Tails" 0.133
And the system partition on "usbimage" is an EFI system partition 0.115
And the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is at least 4000M large 0.070
And the UUID of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" was randomized 0.055
And the label of the FAT filesystem on the system partition on "usbimage" is "TAILS" 0.055
And the system partition on "usbimage" has the expected flags 0.038
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005