Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs 14 18 Oct 2026, 05:56

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 86 1 8 0 0 95 11 1 12 9:34.151 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
25.402
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.091
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.635
Then the computer boots Tails 22.225
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.450
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.713
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.023
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
23.477
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given a computer 0.084
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.623
Then the computer boots Tails 21.854
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 0.914
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.638
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
23.271
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 0.601
Then the computer boots Tails 20.521
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.075
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.863
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @doc
27.219
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.088
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.773
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.280
Then I see a disk failure message 0.624
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.452
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.392
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
39.932
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.077
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 20.721
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 1.335
Then I see a disk failure message 0.614
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.161
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
21.031
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.074
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.487
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.306
Then I see a disk failure message 1.268
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 11.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:0.316
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 8.324
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.199
And I power off the computer 0.249
When I start the computer 0.630
Then the computer boots Tails 35.996
When I log in to a new session 8.385
And all notifications have disappeared 6.418
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.107
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
59.953
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 8.205
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.227
And I power off the computer 0.259
When I start the computer 0.593
Then the computer boots Tails 34.448
When I log in to a new session 8.489
And all notifications have disappeared 7.604
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.120
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.673
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product
1:25.609
Scenario GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.081
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" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.460
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:11.025
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:54: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 forbids creating a persistent partition 0.000
When I log in to a new session 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.000
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 0.000
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.078 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition' (at time 01:38:13)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/14/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:13_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/14/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:13_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/14/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:13_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21736-reject-unsupported-installs/14/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:13_GPT_backup_corruption_without_a_persistent_partition.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.089
Tags: @product
1:11.007
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.088
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.125
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 55.983
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.462
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.068
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.032
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.201
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.091
Tags: @product
1:7.442
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.096
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" 0.019
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.018
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.141
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 52.715
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.220
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.035
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.030
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.149
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.013
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.102
Tags: @product
1:9.487
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.094
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" 0.029
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 12.863
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 54.978
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.219
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.058
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.037
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.180
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.670
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.088