Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 92 17 Jun 2025, 16:44

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 15:16.391 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
54.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.147
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 19.564
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.801
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 6.051
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 7.684 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.552
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 16.227 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 893 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.926
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:35.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 45.332
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.127
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 12.923 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 873 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.956
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.509 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.640
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 19.033 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 873 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:1.982
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 29.189
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.325
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 14.975
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 14.568 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.622
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.930 
Pattern coverage: 85.777% (109 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.263
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 18.304 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.035
And I read the content of the test FS 0.674
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.872 
Pattern coverage: 100.681% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.560
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 16.659 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.181
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:20.324
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 27.912
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 3.329
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.292
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 10.896 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 876 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.040
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.946 
Pattern coverage: 99.295% (90 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.880
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 18.261 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 876 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.292
And I read the content of the test FS 1.513
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 8.961 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.829
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.166 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 876 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.930
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:19.260
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 20.180
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.475
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.357
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 5.579
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 10.919 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.015
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.732 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 874 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 7.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
7:4.416
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 0.050
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7:4.416
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:91:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:139: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:75: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:330 5.352 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 01:01:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/92/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_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_feature-arti/92/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/92/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/92/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:10_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.007