Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 117 02 Nov 2026, 20:42

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 10:1.269 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
1:22.375
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 0.130
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.639
Then the computer boots Tails 21.600
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1:0.004
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 4.986

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:44:11)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/117/artifact/build-artifacts/01:44:11_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_21565-flatpak-safe/117/artifact/build-artifacts/01:44:11_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/117/artifact/build-artifacts/01:44:11_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe/117/artifact/build-artifacts/01:44:11_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___1_.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
23.437
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.097
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.606
Then the computer boots Tails 21.651
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.080
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.724
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
22.806
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.634
Then the computer boots Tails 21.174
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 0.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @doc
25.900
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.079
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.802
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 0.154
Then I see a disk failure message 1.356
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.506
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.118
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
26.281
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.080
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.627
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.289
Then I see a disk failure message 0.630
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.653
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.188
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
25.995
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 7.467
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 1.269
Then I see a disk failure message 0.794
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 16.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.071
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.455
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 21.653
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.177
And I power off the computer 0.245
When I start the computer 0.635
Then the computer boots Tails 33.795
When I log in to a new session 8.155
And all notifications have disappeared 6.648
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.139
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.067
Tags: @product
55.869
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 7.671
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.172
And I power off the computer 0.247
When I start the computer 0.684
Then the computer boots Tails 31.978
When I log in to a new session 7.816
And all notifications have disappeared 7.192
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.102
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:37.300
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.078
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" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.298
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:6.424
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.349
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.031
When I log in to a new session 6.417
And all notifications have disappeared 7.125
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.099
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.191
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.240
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.251
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.121
Tags: @product
58.194
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
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" 13.181
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 43.481
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.219
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.036
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.025
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.119
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.976
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122
Tags: @product
58.182
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
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" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 12.873
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 43.722
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.189
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.051
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.026
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.191
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.440
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.140
Tags: @product
53.468
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.091
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" 1.020
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 12.973
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 38.957
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.200
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.034
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.026
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.138
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.679
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.137