Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6537 28 Jul 2026, 11:50

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 90 1 4 0 0 95 11 1 12 10:37.431 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
30.699
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.063
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.730
Then the computer boots Tails 26.285
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 3.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.021
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.055
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
26.743
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.059
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.784
Then the computer boots Tails 24.272
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.627
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.046
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
28.089
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.097
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.731
Then the computer boots Tails 23.916
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 3.343
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.640
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @doc
28.478
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.063
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.732
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.292
Then I see a disk failure message 0.838
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.064
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.186
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.324
Then I see a disk failure message 1.497
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.125
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.052
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.171
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 1.337
Then I see a disk failure message 0.835
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.053
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:41.905
Scenario Outline GPT backup corruption with a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.013
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.862
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.238
And I power off the computer 0.260
When I start the computer 0.843
Then the computer boots Tails 1:31.699
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/hardware_failure.feature:45:in `Then the computer boots Tails'
features/hardware_failure.feature:38:in `Then the computer boots Tails'
When I log in to a new session 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.199 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'GPT backup corruption with a persistent partition, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:38:59)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6537/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:59_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6537/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:59_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6537/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:59_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6537/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:59_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product
1:4.297
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 7.671
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.258
And I power off the computer 0.278
When I start the computer 0.789
Then the computer boots Tails 37.724
When I log in to a new session 10.506
And all notifications have disappeared 6.914
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.142
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.011
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012
Tags: @product
1:43.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.064
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" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.023
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.868
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:8.067
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.608
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.055
When I log in to a new session 9.278
And all notifications have disappeared 7.232
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.131
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.322
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.768
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.131
Tags: @product
1:11.394
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.054
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" 1.025
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.543
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 55.949
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.544
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.053
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.034
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.173
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.127
Tags: @product
1:5.090
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" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.016
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.878
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 49.178
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.643
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.106
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.032
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.155
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.128
Tags: @product
1:2.316
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.047
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" 0.011
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.017
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.434
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 46.979
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.552
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.052
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.032
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.184
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.153