Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install 16 22 May 2026, 18:09

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 6:57.957 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
18.662
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 6.712
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.212
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.116 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.261
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.018 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.637
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.940
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.973
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.356
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.751 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.517
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.988 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.340
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.011 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.795
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
34.566
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.828
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.259
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.072 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.896
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.443 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.799
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.368 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.205
And I read the content of the test FS 0.424
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.198 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.359
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.294 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.762
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:3.545
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 7.146
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.027
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.384 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.614
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.072 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.529
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.867 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.417
And I read the content of the test FS 0.288
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.061 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.542
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.234 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.823
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
55.216
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.926
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.442
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.713
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.839
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.675 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.024
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.594 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
3:48.027
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 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:48.027
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 5.005 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:28:44)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21548-flatpak-install/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:28:44_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/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:28:44_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/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:28:44_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/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:28:44_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.011