Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6529 24 Jul 2026, 11:36

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 9:39.639 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
28.877
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.750
Then the computer boots Tails 26.193
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.881
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.826
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.014
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
25.849
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.050
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.688
Then the computer boots Tails 23.897
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.212
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.024
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
27.233
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.049
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.751
Then the computer boots Tails 24.152
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.279
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.974
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @doc
27.224
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.046
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.536
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.249
Then I see a disk failure message 0.763
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.431
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
26.723
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.071
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.278
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.337
Then I see a disk failure message 0.775
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.259
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.503
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
25.801
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.097
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.073
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.312
Then I see a disk failure message 1.394
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.431
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.064
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.215
And I power off the computer 0.252
When I start the computer 0.725
Then the computer boots Tails 40.496
When I log in to a new session 10.712
And all notifications have disappeared 6.820
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.134
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.009
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.767
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
1:1.889
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 7.669
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.280
And I power off the computer 0.252
When I start the computer 0.775
Then the computer boots Tails 36.093
When I log in to a new session 9.750
And all notifications have disappeared 6.926
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.135
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product
1:32.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
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" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.022
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 12.888
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 59.373
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.465
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.042
When I log in to a new session 9.247
And all notifications have disappeared 6.976
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.115
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.159
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.198
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.090
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.118
Tags: @product
1:8.056
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given a computer 0.049
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.008
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.014
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.226
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 53.757
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 5.049 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:38:22)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6529/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:22_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_stable/6529/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:22_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6529/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:22_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6529/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:22_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.123
Tags: @product
57.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.062
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" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.023
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.434
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 42.128
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.229
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.043
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.028
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.157
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.115
Tags: @product
1:10.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.056
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" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.015
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 12.894
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 56.122
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.508
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.048
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.030
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.192
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.834
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.118