--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 EfficiOS Inc.
+#
+
+# This test validates that a `src.ctf.fs` component handles gracefully invalid
+# CTF traces and produces the expected error message.
+
+SH_TAP=1
+
+if [ -n "${BT_TESTS_SRCDIR:-}" ]; then
+ UTILSSH="$BT_TESTS_SRCDIR/utils/utils.sh"
+else
+ UTILSSH="$(dirname "$0")/../../../utils/utils.sh"
+fi
+
+# shellcheck source=../../../utils/utils.sh
+source "$UTILSSH"
+
+fail_trace_dir="$BT_CTF_TRACES_PATH/fail"
+
+stdout_file=$(mktemp -t test-ctf-fail-stdout.XXXXXX)
+stderr_file=$(mktemp -t test-ctf-fail-stderr.XXXXXX)
+data_dir="${BT_TESTS_SRCDIR}/data/plugins/src.ctf.fs/fail"
+
+test_fail() {
+ local name="$1"
+ local expected_stdout_file="$2"
+ local expected_error_msg="$3"
+
+ bt_cli "${stdout_file}" "${stderr_file}" \
+ -c sink.text.details -p "with-trace-name=no,with-stream-name=no" "${fail_trace_dir}/${name}"
+ isnt $? 0 "Trace ${name}: babeltrace exits with an error"
+
+ bt_diff "${expected_stdout_file}" "${stdout_file}"
+ ok $? "Trace ${name}: babeltrace produces the expected stdout"
+
+ # The expected error message will likely be found in the error stream
+ # even if Babeltrace aborts (e.g. hits an assert). Check that the
+ # Babeltrace CLI finishes gracefully by checking that the error stream
+ # contains an error stack printed by the CLI.
+ grep --silent "^CAUSED BY " "${stderr_file}"
+ ok $? "Trace ${name}: babeltrace produces an error stack"
+
+ grep --silent "${expected_error_msg}" "${stderr_file}"
+ ok $? "Trace ${name}: babeltrace produces the expected error message"
+}
+
+
+plan_tests 20
+
+test_fail \
+ "invalid-packet-size/trace" \
+ "/dev/null" \
+ "Failed to index CTF stream file '.*channel0_3'"
+
+test_fail \
+ "valid-events-then-invalid-events" \
+ "${data_dir}/valid-events-then-invalid-events.expect" \
+ "No event class with ID of event class ID to use in stream class: .*stream-class-id=0, event-class-id=255"
+
+test_fail \
+ "metadata-syntax-error" \
+ "/dev/null" \
+ "^ At line 3 in metadata stream: syntax error, unexpected CTF_RSBRAC: token=\"]\""
+
+test_fail \
+ "invalid-sequence-length-field-class" \
+ "/dev/null" \
+ "Sequence field class's length field class is not an unsigned integer field class: "
+
+test_fail \
+ "invalid-variant-selector-field-class" \
+ "/dev/null" \
+ "Variant field class's tag field class is not an enumeration field class: "
+
+rm -f "${stdout_file}" "${stderr_file}"