Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4460 18 Jun 2026, 16:16

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 86 1 8 0 0 95 11 1 12 10:1.582 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
29.986
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.017
Given a computer 0.164
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.836
Then the computer boots Tails 26.121
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.768
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
27.951
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given a computer 0.152
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.780
Then the computer boots Tails 23.657
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 3.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
28.620
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.025
Given a computer 0.164
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.803
Then the computer boots Tails 24.701
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.951
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.020
Tags: @product @doc
21.154
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given a computer 0.133
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.899
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.311
Then I see a disk failure message 0.843
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 10.967
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.248
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.114
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given a computer 0.175
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.096
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.497
Then I see a disk failure message 0.833
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.510
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
26.671
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Given a computer 0.136
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.533
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.375
Then I see a disk failure message 1.544
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.081
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:9.217
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.019
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 9.244
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.207
And I power off the computer 0.279
When I start the computer 0.813
Then the computer boots Tails 40.311
When I log in to a new session 11.087
And all notifications have disappeared 7.106
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.152
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.014
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.281
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:7.326
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.641
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.197
And I power off the computer 0.253
When I start the computer 0.773
Then the computer boots Tails 38.830
When I log in to a new session 11.718
And all notifications have disappeared 6.763
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.142
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product
1:57.837
Scenario GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.015
Steps
Given a computer 0.134
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" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.035
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.722
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:42.922
can
can not find any of the patterns ["TailsGreeter.png", "PlymouthGraphicsCardFailureMessage.png"] on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:248:in `rescue in wait_any'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:232:in `wait_any'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:446: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:54: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 forbids creating a persistent partition 0.000
When I log in to a new session 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.000
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 0.000
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.276

SCENARIO FAILED: 'GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition' (at time 01:41:38)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4460/artifact/build-artifacts/01:41:38_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4460/artifact/build-artifacts/01:41:38_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4460/artifact/build-artifacts/01:41:38_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_devel/4460/artifact/build-artifacts/01:41:38_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.130
Tags: @product
1:3.164
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.066
Given a computer 0.148
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.028
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.039
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.408
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 47.493
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.777
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.042
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.028
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.190
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.561
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.181
Tags: @product
1:1.229
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Given a computer 0.210
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" 0.037
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.027
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.316
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 45.614
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.800
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.042
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.027
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.147
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.167
Tags: @product
1:1.309
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.040
Given a computer 0.193
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" 0.033
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.036
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.302
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 46.001
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.502
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.044
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.028
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.161
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.132