Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6290 13 Apr 2026, 17:27

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 11:18.341 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
27.613
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.063
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.881
Then the computer boots Tails 23.870
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.797
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.694
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013
1:24.401
Scenario Outline Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.055
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.748
Then the computer boots Tails 23.597
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1:0.000
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:17: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:331 5.101

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Alerting about disk read failures before reaching the Welcome Screen, Examples (#2)' (at time 01:34:05)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6290/artifact/build-artifacts/01:34:05_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___2_.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6290/artifact/build-artifacts/01:34:05_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___2_.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6290/artifact/build-artifacts/01:34:05_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___2_.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6290/artifact/build-artifacts/01:34:05_Alerting_about_disk_read_failures_before_reaching_the_Welcome_Screen,_Examples___2_.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
25.735
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.055
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.668
Then the computer boots Tails 23.094
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @doc
30.780
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.073
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.608
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.250
Then I see a disk failure message 0.712
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 21.136
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.335
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
27.804
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.051
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.305
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.343
Then I see a disk failure message 1.571
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.532
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
31.109
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.052
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.341
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.360
Then I see a disk failure message 1.633
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 21.720
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.684
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:12.453
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 9.224
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.251
And I power off the computer 0.252
When I start the computer 0.756
Then the computer boots Tails 42.796
When I log in to a new session 11.969
And all notifications have disappeared 7.082
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.115
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.760
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039
Tags: @product
1:8.112
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 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 7.699
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.259
And I power off the computer 0.252
When I start the computer 0.865
Then the computer boots Tails 42.235
When I log in to a new session 9.691
And all notifications have disappeared 6.977
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.125
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.021
Tags: @product
1:58.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.108
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" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.016
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.314
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:20.445
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.518
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.042
When I log in to a new session 13.082
And all notifications have disappeared 6.845
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.107
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.167
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.581
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.853
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.197
Tags: @product
1:4.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given a computer 0.097
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.288
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 49.076
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.511
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.068
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.044
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.159
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.528
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.119
Tags: @product
1:3.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.049
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" 0.007
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.477
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 48.296
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.493
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.042
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.028
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.157
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.680
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.138
Tags: @product
1:4.226
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
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" 0.013
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.020
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.366
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 48.883
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.576
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.049
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.035
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.184
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.112