Extended self test not in overview

[Kees]

Running smartctl -l long I would expect an entry in the overview, but there isn't one. Running smartctl -t short behaves as expected.

Here is a portion of smartctl -a

smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.12.6-200.fc41.x86_64] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model:     WDC WD80EFPX-68C4ZN0
Serial Number:    WD-RD14X8DD
LU WWN Device Id: 5 0014ee 2c11424ae
Firmware Version: 81.00A81
User Capacity:    8,001,563,222,016 bytes [8.00 TB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5640 rpm
Form Factor:      3.5 inches
Device is:        Not in smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 5
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sun Jan  5 14:59:29 2025 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

Warning! SMART Attribute Thresholds Structure error: invalid SMART checksum.
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00) Offline data collection activity
                                        was never started.
                                        Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      ( 249) Self-test routine in progress...
                                        90% of test remaining.
...
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1461         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1435         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1409         -
...

[Kees]

Output of smartctl -x -a

[Kees]

Output of smartctl -r ioctl,2 -A

[Kees]

Six hours after starting a "long" self test, the shown progress is 90% remaining.

Command given around 15:00

root@rapper:~# smartctl -t short /dev/sdc
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.8.0-51-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF OFFLINE IMMEDIATE AND SELF-TEST SECTION ===
Sending command: "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode".
Drive command "Execute SMART Short self-test routine immediately in off-line mode" successful.
Testing has begun.
Please wait 2 minutes for test to complete.
Test will complete after Sun Jan  5 13:13:15 2025 CET
Use smartctl -X to abort test.

...
Self-test execution status:      ( 249) Self-test routine in progress...
                                        90% of test remaining.
...
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1461         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1435         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1409         -

[Kees]

After more than 24 hours there still wasn't any progress. After a powercycle the output of smartctl is

...
Self-test execution status:      (   0) The previous self-test routine completed
                                        without error or no self-test has ever 
                                        been run.
...
SMART Extended Self-test Log Version: 1 (1 sectors)
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1461         -
# 2  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1435         -
# 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      1409         -