Tests break due to change in core's default file field path settings

When running just MetatagCoreNodeTest.test I'm seeing the same exceptions locally in verbose mode:

Pass      Browser    MetatagCoreNodeTe  440 MetatagCoreNodeTest->checkNodePrevi
    Valid HTML found on "http://localhost/node/add/article"
Pass      Browser    MetatagCoreNodeTe  441 MetatagCoreNodeTest->checkNodePrevi
    HTTP response expected 200, actual 200
Exception User warni token.tokens.inc   912 token_tokens()                     
    Attempting to perform token replacement for token type date without required
    data
Pass      Browser    MetatagCoreNodeTe  454 MetatagCoreNodeTest->checkNodePrevi
    POST http://localhost/node/add/article returned 200 (44.01 KB).

Could this possibly have been introduced by #2128055: Files should be uploaded to per year/month directories by default? If the tests are only run on commit, this would also fit your timeline, it was released in December and the last commit before that was in October.

Attached are two patches, that are probably not the final solution (especially the 2nd one), but let's see, if that would fix the problem.

I hope you don't mind me working on this even though you had this assigned to yourself. I thought that since you couldn't reproduce locally, I might as well have a look. If it's not helpful, just let me know.

Backtrace:

#0  token_tokens() called at [includes/module.inc:965]
#1  module_invoke_all() called at [includes/token.inc:178]
#2  token_generate() called at [includes/token.inc:87]
#3  token_replace() called at [modules/file/file.field.inc:588]
#4  file_field_widget_uri() called at [modules/file/file.field.inc:483]
#5  file_field_widget_form() called at [modules/image/image.field.inc:332]
#6  image_field_widget_form() called at [modules/field/field.form.inc:112]
#7  field_default_form() called at [modules/field/field.attach.inc:209]
#8  _field_invoke() called at [modules/field/field.attach.inc:385]
#9  _field_invoke_default() called at [modules/field/field.attach.inc:574]
#10 field_attach_form() called at [modules/node/node.pages.inc:326]
#11 node_form() called at [includes/form.inc:844]
#12 drupal_retrieve_form() called at [includes/form.inc:465]
#13 drupal_rebuild_form() called at [includes/form.inc:976]
#14 drupal_process_form() called at [includes/form.inc:386]
#15 drupal_build_form() called at [includes/form.inc:131]
#16 drupal_get_form() called at [modules/node/node.pages.inc:78]
#17 node_add() called at [includes/menu.inc:527]
#18 menu_execute_active_handler() called at [index.php:21]

With arguments (only the first 4 steps):

#0  token_tokens(date, Array ([custom:Y] => [date:custom:Y],[custom:m] => [date:custom:m]), Array (), Array ([sanitize] => 1)) called at [includes/module.inc:965]
#1  module_invoke_all(tokens, date, Array ([custom:Y] => [date:custom:Y],[custom:m] => [date:custom:m]), Array (), Array ([sanitize] => 1)) called at [includes/token.inc:178]
#2  token_generate(date, Array ([custom:Y] => [date:custom:Y],[custom:m] => [date:custom:m]), Array (), Array ([sanitize] => 1)) called at [includes/token.inc:87]
#3  token_replace([date:custom:Y]-[date:custom:m], Array ()) called at [modules/file/file.field.inc:588]
#4  file_field_widget_uri(Array ([indexes] => Array ([fid] => Array ([0] => fid)),[settings] => Array ([uri_scheme] => public,[default_image] => ,[display_field] => 0),[storage] => Array ([type] => field_sql_storage,[settings] => Array (),[module] => field_sql_storage,[active] => 1,[details] => Array ([sql] => Array ([FIELD_LOAD_CURRENT] => Array ([field_data_field_image] => Array ([fid] => field_image_fid,[alt] => field_image_alt,[title] => field_image_title,[width] => field_image_width,[height] => field_image_height)),[FIELD_LOAD_REVISION] => Array ([field_revision_field_image] => Array ([fid] => field_image_fid,[alt] => field_image_alt,[title] => field_image_title,[width] => field_image_width,[height] => field_image_height))))),[entity_types] => Array (),[translatable] => 0,[foreign keys] => Array ([fid] => Array ([table] => file_managed,[columns] => Array ([fid] => fid))),[id] => 4,[field_name] => field_image,[type] => image,[module] => image,[active] => 1,[locked] => 0,[cardinality] => 1,[deleted] => 0,[columns] => Array ([fid] => Array ([description] => The {file_managed}.fid being referenced in this field.,[type] => int,[not null] => ,[unsigned] => 1),[alt] => Array ([description] => Alternative image text, for the image's 'alt' attribute.,[type] => varchar,[length] => 512,[not null] => ),[title] => Array ([description] => Image title text, for the image's 'title' attribute.,[type] => varchar,[length] => 1024,[not null] => ),[width] => Array ([description] => The width of the image in pixels.,[type] => int,[unsigned] => 1),[height] => Array ([description] => The height of the image in pixels.,[type] => int,[unsigned] => 1)),[bundles] => Array ([node] => Array ([0] => article))), Array ([label] => Image,[description] => Upload an image to go with this article.,[required] => ,[settings] => Array ([file_directory] => [date:custom:Y]-[date:custom:m],[file_extensions] => png gif jpg jpeg,[max_filesize] => ,[max_resolution] => ,[min_resolution] => ,[alt_field] => 1,[title_field] => ,[default_image] => 0,[user_register_form] => ),[widget] => Array ([type] => image_image,[settings] => Array ([progress_indicator] => throbber,[preview_image_style] => thumbnail),[weight] => -1,[module] => image),[display] => Array ([default] => Array ([label] => hidden,[type] => image,[settings] => Array ([image_style] => large,[image_link] => ),[weight] => -1,[module] => image),[teaser] => Array ([label] => hidden,[type] => image,[settings] => Array ([image_style] => medium,[image_link] => content),[weight] => -1,[module] => image)),[id] => 6,[field_id] => 4,[field_name] => field_image,[entity_type] => node,[bundle] => article,[deleted] => 0)) called at [modules/file/file.field.inc:483]

I have the same issue in the media module

down from 4 errors to just 1 now
having problems figuring out the last error.

#3272112: MEDIA - Tests break due to change in core's default file field path settings