Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6609 26 Aug 2026, 18:02

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 10:29.484 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
26.432
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.159
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.645
Then the computer boots Tails 23.140
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
23.384
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.110
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.574
Then the computer boots Tails 21.636
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.740
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
23.433
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.654
Then the computer boots Tails 21.690
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @doc
26.827
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.075
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.982
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 0.189
Then I see a disk failure message 1.252
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.347
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
28.134
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given a computer 0.117
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.581
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.312
Then I see a disk failure message 0.666
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.936
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
37.744
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.082
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.916
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.335
Then I see a disk failure message 1.291
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 15.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.225
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.790
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.512
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.185
And I power off the computer 0.248
When I start the computer 0.720
Then the computer boots Tails 35.624
When I log in to a new session 8.021
And all notifications have disappeared 7.346
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.127
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008
Tags: @product
57.427
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.009
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.224
And I power off the computer 0.261
When I start the computer 0.633
Then the computer boots Tails 34.060
When I log in to a new session 7.668
And all notifications have disappeared 6.454
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.109
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.011
Tags: @product
1:35.707
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
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" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.020
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.252
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:4.285
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.356
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.059
When I log in to a new session 7.191
And all notifications have disappeared 6.913
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 1.204
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.205
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.441
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.099
Tags: @product
1:53.707
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.089
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.018
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.302
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:39.277
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: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 4.884 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:38:19)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6609/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:19_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/6609/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:19_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6609/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:19_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6609/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:19_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.104
Tags: @product
1:2.795
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.092
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" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.025
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.548
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 47.623
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.217
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.049
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.024
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.185
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.833
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.092
Tags: @product
1:13.098
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.093
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" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.550
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 58.012
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.204
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.029
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.027
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.133
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.106