Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 8 05 May 2026, 00:37

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 46 1 4 0 0 51 5 1 6 7:13.084 Failed
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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
16.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.460
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.171
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 1.951 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.230
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.754 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.829
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.056
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.515
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.696 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.622
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.918 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.278
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.709 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.751
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.156
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.427
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.022
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.783 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.493
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.109 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.709
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.797 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.135
And I read the content of the test FS 0.385
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.909 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.342
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.711 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1494 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.657
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.459
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.849
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.684 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.240
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.854 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.476
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.757 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.678
And I read the content of the test FS 0.317
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.863 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.421
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.646 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.643
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
57.247
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.443
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.327
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.277
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.073
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.565 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.553 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.787
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:14.060
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 4:14.060
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:601:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:542:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:76:in `Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled 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 persistent filesystem 0.000
When I trigger shutdown 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.187 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:27:32)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:32_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:32_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:32_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/00:27:32_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.004