Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6351 05 May 2026, 11:29

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 81 2 12 0 0 95 10 2 12 10:46.546 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
31.143
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given a computer 0.113
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.922
Then the computer boots Tails 28.464
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.642
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.604
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
31.732
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.100
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.864
Then the computer boots Tails 27.475
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 3.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.069
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.023
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
29.612
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given a computer 0.082
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.829
Then the computer boots Tails 27.338
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @doc
26.541
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.066
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.613
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.290
Then I see a disk failure message 0.884
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.687
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.158
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.245
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.075
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.462
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.407
Then I see a disk failure message 0.850
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.449
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.700
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
29.152
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given a computer 0.072
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.984
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 1.538
Then I see a disk failure message 0.880
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.676
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.479
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:15.832
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 10.261
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.237
And I power off the computer 0.267
When I start the computer 0.927
Then the computer boots Tails 44.313
When I log in to a new session 12.528
And all notifications have disappeared 7.136
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.153
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.964
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product
1:8.595
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.169
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.382
And I power off the computer 0.277
When I start the computer 1.046
Then the computer boots Tails 39.798
When I log in to a new session 11.217
And all notifications have disappeared 7.516
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.180
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.681
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010
Tags: @product
2:0.578
Scenario GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given a computer 0.067
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" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.599
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:44.882
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:444:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:235:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
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:331 5.403 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition' (at time 01:35:39)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.131
Tags: @product
1:16.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.011
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.025
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.588
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 59.964
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.648
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.059
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.033
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.220
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.170
Tags: @product
1:6.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.068
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" 0.011
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.026
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 15.352
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 49.205
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.613
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.072
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.057
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.221
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.202
Tags: @product
1:2.817
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Steps
Given a computer 0.071
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" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.024
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 15.111
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 46.164
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.432
<"usb"> 
<"usb"> expected but was
<"ata">. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:918:in `/^Tails is running from (.*) drive "([^"]+)"$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:82:in `Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp"'
features/hardware_failure.feature:73:in `Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp"'
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 fs-not-resized 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.128 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#3)' (at time 01:39:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:39:13_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:39:13_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:39:13_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6351/artifact/build-artifacts/01:39:13_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.144