Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6518 21 Jul 2026, 18:04

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 10:30.650 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
29.239
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.819
Then the computer boots Tails 27.107
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.220
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
28.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.024
Given a computer 0.093
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.823
Then the computer boots Tails 25.844
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.095
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
29.727
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.098
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.869
Then the computer boots Tails 26.039
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.719
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.019
Tags: @product @doc
29.298
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given a computer 0.097
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.220
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.275
Then I see a disk failure message 0.836
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.867
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.501
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
28.333
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.072
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.671
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.350
Then I see a disk failure message 1.899
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.340
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
28.320
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.048
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.650
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.405
Then I see a disk failure message 1.608
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.965
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 8.336
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.221
And I power off the computer 0.266
When I start the computer 0.923
Then the computer boots Tails 44.477
When I log in to a new session 10.733
And all notifications have disappeared 7.851
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.147
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
1:8.775
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.188
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.217
And I power off the computer 0.261
When I start the computer 0.788
Then the computer boots Tails 39.506
When I log in to a new session 12.546
And all notifications have disappeared 7.125
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.133
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.016
Tags: @product
1:47.708
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.077
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" 0.012
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.020
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.803
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:10.978
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.647
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.047
When I log in to a new session 9.440
And all notifications have disappeared 7.296
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.138
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.290
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.950
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.185
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.179
Tags: @product
1:12.539
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given a computer 0.124
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.063
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.462
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 56.067
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.532
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.041
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.036
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.192
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.747
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.135
Tags: @product
1:7.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
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" 0.012
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.044
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.363
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 50.518
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.770
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.057
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.069
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.314
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.010
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.171
Tags: @product
1:8.250
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Steps
Given a computer 0.089
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" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.016
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.540
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 52.593
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:82: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 fs-not-resized 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.366 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#3)' (at time 01:45:37)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6518/artifact/build-artifacts/01:45:37_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/6518/artifact/build-artifacts/01:45:37_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6518/artifact/build-artifacts/01:45:37_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6518/artifact/build-artifacts/01:45:37_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.114