Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 15 22 May 2026, 17:33

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 6:18.582 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
16.776
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.435
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.342
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.175
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 1.843 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.177
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.800 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.939
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.140
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.556
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.694 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.529
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.886 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.315
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.773 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.608
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.486
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.567
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.299
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.131
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.714 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.452
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.992 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.686
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.930 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.143
And I read the content of the test FS 0.462
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.993 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.350
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.762 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.714
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.351
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.404
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.072
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.846 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.376
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.798 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.550
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.768 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.124
And I read the content of the test FS 0.282
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.761 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.401
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.598 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
52.944
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.520
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.331
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.969
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.999
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.653 
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 20.464 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
3:23.883
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:23.883
Feature 
Feature 'Flatpak' is not active.
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:793:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:788:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:788:in `/^all tps features(| from the old Tails version)(| but the first one) are active$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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:335 5.047 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:26:37)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:26:37_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_21548-flatpak-install/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:26:37_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:26:37_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install/15/artifact/build-artifacts/00:26:37_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009