Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings 8 11 Oct 2026, 21:52

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 10:7.491 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
25.004
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.081
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.616
Then the computer boots Tails 23.333
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 0.973
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.639
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
23.822
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.083
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.732
Then the computer boots Tails 21.915
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.089
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.927
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.006
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
1:23.274
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 0.106
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.645
Then the computer boots Tails 22.521
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1:0.000
FindTextFailed 
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:18: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 5.150 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen, Examples (#3)' (at time 01:36:52)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:36:52_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___3_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:36:52_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___3_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:36:52_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___3_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.net/job/test_Tails_ISO_21810-tca-vs-empty-bridge-strings/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:36:52_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___3_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @doc
26.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.082
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.706
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.279
Then I see a disk failure message 0.656
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.273
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
26.838
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.011
Given a computer 0.110
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.954
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.305
Then I see a disk failure message 1.237
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.326
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.240
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.094
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.709
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 1.330
Then I see a disk failure message 0.649
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 17.455
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.484
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:11.858
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 21.533
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.193
And I power off the computer 0.271
When I start the computer 0.710
Then the computer boots Tails 34.366
When I log in to a new session 7.793
And all notifications have disappeared 6.861
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.122
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.840
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.037
Tags: @product
58.315
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 8.045
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.208
And I power off the computer 0.248
When I start the computer 0.592
Then the computer boots Tails 33.943
When I log in to a new session 8.178
And all notifications have disappeared 6.982
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.113
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.003
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product
1:22.063
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
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" 13.350
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 50.942
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.364
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.032
When I log in to a new session 7.008
And all notifications have disappeared 6.800
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 1.162
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.167
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.121
Tags: @product
1:1.862
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.074
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.018
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 12.955
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 47.369
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.181
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.051
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.025
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.162
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.120
Tags: @product
53.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.094
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" 0.021
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.020
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.083
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 38.704
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.204
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.030
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.025
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.142
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.119
Tags: @product
1:6.881
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.101
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" 13.027
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 52.218
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.222
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.052
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.024
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.190
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.777
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.121