Cucumber Reports (no 34) - Feature: Hardware failures

Project	Number	Date
test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter	34	24 Jun 2025, 11:58

	Steps	Scenarios	Features
Hardware failures	83	3	9	0	0	95	9	3	12	34:14.067	Failed

Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen

1:34.906

Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012

Steps

Given a computer 0.472

And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000

When I start the computer 1.780

Then the computer boots Tails 1:16.347

And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 16.305

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.264

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.018

Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen

1:3.272

Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.235

And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000

When I start the computer 1.299

Then the computer boots Tails 59.692

And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.045

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.743

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014

Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen

1:35.590

Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006

Steps

Given a computer 0.201

And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000

When I start the computer 1.228

Then the computer boots Tails 1:14.252

And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 19.907

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.805

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006

Tags: @product @doc

2:29.255

Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures in GNOME

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003

Steps

Given a computer 0.187

And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 2:29.068

try_for()

try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendent of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name="Your Persistent Storage is unlocked. Its content will be available until you shut down Tails." roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:696:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:694:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:694:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:29:in `And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'
features/hardware_failure.feature:23:in `And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'

When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 0.000

Then I see a disk failure message 0.000

Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.683

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures in GNOME, Examples (#1)' (at time 03:09:19)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:09:19_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___1_.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:09:19_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___1_.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:09:19_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___1_.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @doc

2:49.928

Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures in GNOME

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Steps

Given a computer 0.218

And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 2:49.710

try_for()

try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendent of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name="Your Persistent Storage is unlocked. Its content will be available until you shut down Tails." roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:696:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:694:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:694:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:30:in `And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'
features/hardware_failure.feature:23:in `And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'

When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.000

Then I see a disk failure message 0.000

Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 11.814

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures in GNOME, Examples (#2)' (at time 03:12:22)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:22_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___2_.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:22_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___2_.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:12:22_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___2_.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product @doc

2:5.696

Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures in GNOME

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007

Steps

Given a computer 0.235

And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 2:5.460

try_for()

try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: Dogtail::Failure: The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: descendent of [application | Welcome to Tails!]: child with name="Your Persistent Storage is unlocked. Its content will be available until you shut down Tails." roleName='label'
STDOUT:

STDERR:


./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:339:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:268:in `call_tree_api_method'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:276:in `child'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:696:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:694:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:694:in `/^persistence is successfully enabled$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:704:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:31:in `And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'
features/hardware_failure.feature:23:in `And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in'

When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.000

Then I see a disk failure message 0.000

Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 0.000

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 12.344

Output 1

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures in GNOME, Examples (#3)' (at time 03:14:41)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:14:41_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___3_.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:14:41_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___3_.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_5501-plaintext-locale-greeter/34/artifact/build-artifacts/03:14:41_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_in_GNOME,_Examples___3_.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000

Tags: @product

3:1.337

Scenario Outline GPT backup corruption with a persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 21.802

And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.425

And I power off the computer 0.370

When I start the computer 3.547

Then the computer boots Tails 1:53.156

When I log in to a new session 22.526

And all notifications have disappeared 18.838

Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.645

And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.024

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.709

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.144

Tags: @product

3:9.284

Scenario Outline GPT backup corruption with a persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.115

Steps

Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 16.647

And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 4.254

And I power off the computer 6.064

When I start the computer 2.381

Then the computer boots Tails 1:50.599

When I log in to a new session 33.831

And all notifications have disappeared 15.190

Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.259

And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.055

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.470

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020

Tags: @product

5:4.325

Scenario GPT backup corruption without a persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005

Steps

Given a computer 0.378

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" 0.042

And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.048

And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 1:5.724

When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 2:57.126

Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 1.187

And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.994

When I log in to a new session 33.757

And all notifications have disappeared 18.322

Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.226

# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the

# first instance.

And I close the "zenity" window 1.562

And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 3.941

And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.014

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.212

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.978

Tags: @product

3:47.048

Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012

Steps

Given a computer 0.576

And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000

And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.106

And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.202

And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 1:2.335

When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 2:41.330

Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.393

And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.111

And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.091

And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.885

And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.014

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.975

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.195

Tags: @product

3:35.740

Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.219

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" 0.130

And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.141

And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 58.973

When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 2:31.948

Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 2.230

And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.239

And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.170

And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.661

And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.023

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.846

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.137

Tags: @product

3:57.680

Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition

Hooks

Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000

Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004

Steps

Given a computer 0.209

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" 0.044

And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.054

And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 1:2.258

When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 2:45.715

Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 5.464

And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.609

And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.530

And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 1.748

And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.044

Hooks

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.949

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.169

	Steps						Scenarios			Features
Feature	Passed	Failed	Skipped	Pending	Undefined	Total	Passed	Failed	Total	Duration	Status
Hardware failures	83	3	9	0	0	95	9	3	12	34:14.067	Failed

Feature Report