Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 10 24 Aug 2026, 12:04

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Hardware failures 89 1 5 0 0 95 11 1 12 9:30.697 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
27.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.109
And SquashFS is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.743
Then the computer boots Tails 23.918
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 2.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
24.549
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.107
And boot device is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.682
Then the computer boots Tails 22.512
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.247
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product @broken_welcome_screen
24.683
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.100
And boot device with a target error is damaged in a way that some read operations fail 0.000
When I start the computer 0.693
Then the computer boots Tails 22.740
And I see a disk failure message on the splash screen 1.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005
Tags: @product @doc
25.214
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given a computer 0.132
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 5.014
When Tails detects disk read failures on the SquashFS 1.254
Then I see a disk failure message 0.622
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.190
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.380
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
26.973
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.102
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 5.407
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device 0.343
Then I see a disk failure message 1.419
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 19.701
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @doc
25.460
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.092
And I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 5.144
When Tails detects disk read failures on the boot device with a target error 0.325
Then I see a disk failure message 1.516
Then I can open the hardware failure documentation from the disk failure message 18.381
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.055
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product
1:3.861
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 5.771
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup header 0.220
And I power off the computer 0.245
When I start the computer 0.618
Then the computer boots Tails 39.251
When I log in to a new session 9.860
And all notifications have disappeared 7.775
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.113
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.862
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.082
Tags: @product
56.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition and stopped at Tails Greeter's login screen 4.841
And I corrupt the boot device's GPT backup partition table 0.211
And I power off the computer 0.236
When I start the computer 0.656
Then the computer boots Tails 33.853
When I log in to a new session 8.522
And all notifications have disappeared 7.732
Then I am recommended to migrate to a new USB stick due to partitioning errors 0.139
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.980
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.007
Tags: @product
1:44.462
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given a computer 0.079
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" 0.023
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.022
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 13.637
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:11.474
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.411
And the Greeter forbids creating a persistent partition 0.037
When I log in to a new session 7.855
And all notifications have disappeared 7.445
Then I am recommended to reinstall Tails due to partitioning errors 0.132
# We are gonna verify the dialog again so we need to clean up the
# first instance.
And I close the "zenity" window 1.174
And I am told that Persistent Storage cannot be created 1.163
And Tails detected partitioning error partitioning-corruption 0.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.852
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.113
Tags: @product
1:7.325
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given a computer 0.103
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.022
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.907
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 50.456
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.373
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.093
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.063
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.277
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.178
Tags: @product
1:2.860
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given a computer 0.116
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" 0.026
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.029
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.306
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 46.793
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.249
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.066
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.028
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.238
And Tails detected partitioning error system-partition-not-resized 0.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.138
Tags: @product
1:1.670
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Steps
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" 0.022
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.034
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.004
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 46.513
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:464:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:252:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:82:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged'
features/hardware_failure.feature:72: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 recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.000
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.000
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error fs-not-resized 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.750 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#3)' (at time 01:38:57)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:57_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:57_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:57_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:38:57_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___3_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.122