Using the latest version from the master branch the browser based installation process cannot be started, as the following error is thrown:

 
Table "config" does not exist
Debug info:
Error code: ddltablenotexist
Stack trace: * line 673 of /lib/dml/moodle_database.php: dml_exception thrown

• line 1711 of /lib/dml/moodle_database.php: call to moodle_database->where_clause()
• line 1535 of /lib/moodlelib.php: call to moodle_database->get_field()
• line 91 of /communication/classes/api.php: call to get_config()
• line 4278 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to core_communication\api::is_available()
• line 219 of /lib/mustache/src/Mustache/Context.php: call to core_renderer->has_communication_links()
• line 138 of /lib/mustache/src/Mustache/Context.php: call to Mustache_Context->findVariableInStack()
• line 18 of /var/www/moodledata/localcache/mustache/1/boost/__Mustache_b8035ebfb4a184b6f75eb26497f019c5.php: call to Mustache_Context->findDot()
• line 105 of /var/www/moodledata/localcache/mustache/1/boost/__Mustache_1806365cdf902f0446e6909d697b5341.php: call to __Mustache_b8035ebfb4a184b6f75eb26497f019c5->renderInternal()
• line 67 of /lib/mustache/src/Mustache/Template.php: call to __Mustache_1806365cdf902f0446e6909d697b5341->renderInternal()
• line 208 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to Mustache_Template->render()
• line 34 of /theme/boost/layout/maintenance.php: call to renderer_base->render_from_template()
• line 1477 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to include()
• line 1403 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to core_renderer->render_page_layout()
• line 547 of /lib/outputrenderers.php: call to core_renderer->header()
• line 42 of /admin/renderer.php: call to plugin_renderer_base->__call()
• line 232 of /admin/index.php: call to core_admin_renderer->install_licence_page()
   

To reproduce, try to create a new moodle installation using the code from the master branch and try to use the browser based process. Installation using the CLI works normally.