Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror 23 05 Jul 2025, 23:35

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 37 2 12 0 0 51 4 2 6 25:18.157 Failed
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
Feature System memory erasure on shutdown
As a Tails user when I shutdown Tails I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
41.053
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.515
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.861
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.810
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.631 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 1.249
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 17.982 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:13.321
Scenario Erasure of tmpfs data on unmount
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:13.321
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:89:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:22:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.000
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount "/mnt" 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.911
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of tmpfs data on unmount' (at time 01:00:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:00_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:34.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 46.424
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 7.608
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 20.389
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.348 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 869 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 10.046
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 8.868 
Pattern coverage: 91.820% (117 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.523
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 15.898 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 869 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.374
And I read the content of the test FS 0.937
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.460 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.269
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.201 
Pattern coverage: 0.001% (0 MiB out of 869 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.124
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:42.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 30.630
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.176
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 57.282
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 11.839 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.032
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.210 
Pattern coverage: 102.621% (93 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.036
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.610 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.946
And I read the content of the test FS 0.808
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.924 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.481
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 14.901 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:9.373
Scenario Erasure of the overlayfs read-write branch on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:9.373
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:89:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:65:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.000
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 0.000
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 0.000
When I trigger shutdown 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.863
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:455:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:450:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of the overlayfs read-write branch on shutdown' (at time 01:06:38)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:38_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:38_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror/23/artifact/build-artifacts/01:06:38_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
16:57.175
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 enabled and logged in 16:6.746
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.062
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.848
When I trigger shutdown 0.043
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.474 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 940 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.020