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
Emergency shutdown 28 1 7 0 0 36 4 1 5 5:47.350 Failed
Feature Emergency shutdown
As a Tails user when I unplug my Tails device to trigger emergency shutdown I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
37.203
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 32.857
When I eject the boot medium 0.233
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
43.557
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.336
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.312
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.664
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.046

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.419
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.560

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1488 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
27.483
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 6.419
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.308
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.237
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.416
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.323

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.208
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.852
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.668

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.580
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
45.689
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 6.489
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.329
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.320
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.102
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.907

Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.723
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.523

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
3:13.415
Scenario Tails erases memory and shuts down on USB boot medium removal: persistent data
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 3:13.415
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/emergency_shutdown.feature:48: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
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 0.000
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 0.000
When I eject the boot medium 0.000
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
And Tails eventually shuts down 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 5.434

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails erases memory and shuts down on USB boot medium removal: persistent data' (at time 01:21:30)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:30_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.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/01:21:30_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:30_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:30_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000