Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch 1 15 Sep 2026, 15:05

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 94 1 0 0 0 95 11 1 12 10:30.024 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
1:26.337
Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given a computer 0.074
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.661
Then the computer boots Tails 25.594
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1:0.006
FindTextFailed (FindTextFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:274:in `rescue in wait_text'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:266:in `wait_text'
./features/step_definitions/hardware.rb:43:in `/^I see a disk failure message on the splash screen$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:16:in `And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen'
features/hardware_failure.feature:13:in `And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen'
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.139

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:35:39)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_update-onioncircuits-l10n-branch/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:35:39_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.053
25.525
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.109
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.727
Then the computer boots Tails 23.342
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.346
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
24.799
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.085
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.717
Then the computer boots Tails 22.946
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.050
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.906
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @doc
27.399
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.083
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.840
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 0.315
Then I see a disk failure message 1.324
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.836
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.062
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.076
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.020
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.329
Then I see a disk failure message 1.468
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.884
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.323
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
22.165
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.086
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.962
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.305
Then I see a disk failure message 1.270
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 12.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.443
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:2.202
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 8.679
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.224
And I power off the computer 0.251
When I start the computer 0.823
Then the computer boots Tails 36.410
When I log in to a new session 8.888
And all notifications have disappeared 6.801
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.118
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:3.178
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 8.468
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.535
And I power off the computer 0.244
When I start the computer 0.623
Then the computer boots Tails 37.353
When I log in to a new session 8.802
And all notifications have disappeared 7.025
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.119
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.447
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:28.385
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.102
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" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.025
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.195
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 55.286
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.510
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.068
When I log in to a new session 7.528
And all notifications have disappeared 7.113
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.113
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.220
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.193
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.017
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.140
Tags: @product
1:12.808
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.133
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.022
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.801
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 57.282
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.250
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.031
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.031
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.226
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.147
Tags: @product
59.811
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.087
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" 0.039
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.020
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.611
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 44.388
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.370
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.075
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.024
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.190
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122
Tags: @product
1:9.628
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.088
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" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.082
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 54.835
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.392
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.033
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.024
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.123
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.533
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.116