Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory 1 17 Aug 2026, 12:28

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 89 1 5 0 0 95 11 1 12 10:11.171 Failed
Tags: @product
Feature Hardware failures
In order to update my failing hardware before I lose data As a Tails user I want to be warned about hardware failures
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
25.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.105
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.808
Then the computer boots Tails 23.520
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.427
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
24.406
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.638
Then the computer boots Tails 22.569
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.107
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
24.550
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.008
Given a computer 0.118
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.805
Then the computer boots Tails 22.456
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.170
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @doc
29.026
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.116
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.562
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 0.205
Then I see a disk failure message 1.447
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
25.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.104
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.659
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.289
Then I see a disk failure message 0.698
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 14.599
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
41.977
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.083
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 21.841
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 1.270
Then I see a disk failure message 0.653
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.637
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.852
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.247
And I power off the computer 0.255
When I start the computer 0.755
Then the computer boots Tails 37.292
When I log in to a new session 8.689
And all notifications have disappeared 7.391
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.146
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.535
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product
59.981
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 and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.286
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.297
And I power off the computer 0.255
When I start the computer 0.686
Then the computer boots Tails 34.834
When I log in to a new session 8.975
And all notifications have disappeared 6.503
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.133
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.665
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:51.347
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.095
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_gpt_corruption=gpt_backup,gpt_backup_table" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.023
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.506
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:18.256
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.424
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.039
When I log in to a new session 7.911
And all notifications have disappeared 7.467
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.139
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.239
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.215
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
1:25.247
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.079
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.011
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:10.114
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:80:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged'
features/hardware_failure.feature:72:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.000
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.000
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.000
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.145 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:42:18)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.134
Tags: @product
58.927
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=part_resize" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.034
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.022
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.558
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 43.735
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.192
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.065
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.027
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.193
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.158
Tags: @product
1:0.853
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.096
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=fs_resize" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.035
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.033
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.721
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 45.354
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.262
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.070
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.059
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.214
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.130