Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6330 28 Apr 2026, 20:05

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 90 1 4 0 0 95 11 1 12 9:4.486 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
26.673
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.058
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.839
Then the computer boots Tails 24.486
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.289
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
26.092
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.050
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.772
Then the computer boots Tails 23.869
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
25.423
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.053
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.703
Then the computer boots Tails 23.486
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.776
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006
Tags: @product @doc
26.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.057
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.999
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.293
Then I see a disk failure message 0.744
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 15.982
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
23.352
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given a computer 0.079
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.575
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.335
Then I see a disk failure message 1.464
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 13.896
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.454
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
22.759
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.056
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.227
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.322
Then I see a disk failure message 1.600
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 13.551
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.524
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product
1:7.524
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 8.731
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.254
And I power off the computer 0.257
When I start the computer 0.809
Then the computer boots Tails 39.607
When I log in to a new session 10.495
And all notifications have disappeared 7.197
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.163
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.007
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.750
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
50.294
Scenario Outline GPT backup corruption with a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 8.029
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.212
And I power off the computer 0.253
When I start the computer 0.746
Then the computer boots Tails 41.053
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:448:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:46:in `Then the computer boots Tails'
features/hardware_failure.feature:38:in `Then the computer boots Tails'
When I log in to a new session 0.000
And all notifications have disappeared 0.000
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.183 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'GPT backup corruption with a persistent partition, Examples (#2)' (at time 01:28:40)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6330/artifact/build-artifacts/01:28:40_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___2_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6330/artifact/build-artifacts/01:28:40_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___2_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6330/artifact/build-artifacts/01:28:40_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___2_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6330/artifact/build-artifacts/01:28:40_GPT_backup_corruption_with_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___2_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.016
Tags: @product
1:28.938
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.056
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" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.410
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 55.009
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.639
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.049
When I log in to a new session 8.729
And all notifications have disappeared 7.409
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.117
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.186
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.295
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.324
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.141
Tags: @product
1:3.027
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given a computer 0.060
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.010
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.263
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 47.869
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.542
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.044
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.036
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.171
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.116
Tags: @product
1:4.199
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given a computer 0.055
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" 0.009
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.576
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 48.796
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.515
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.042
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.029
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.149
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.514
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.111
Tags: @product
1:0.121
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given a computer 0.062
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" 0.012
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.019
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.915
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 44.335
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.519
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.048
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.031
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.168
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.150