Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie 41 28 Jun 2025, 08:27

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 43 2 6 0 0 51 4 2 6 14:44.935 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
14.815
Scenario Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.380
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.729
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.419
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.285
99.610% 
99.610% of the expected size (128 MiB) has the pattern, but more than 100.000% was expected.
<false> is not true. (Test::Unit::AssertionFailedError)
./features/step_definitions/erase_memory.rb:186:in `/^patterns cover at least (\d+) MiB in the guest's memory$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:17:in `Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory'
Output 1 
Pattern coverage: 99.610% (127 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.483 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:38:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:47_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:47_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:47_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:47_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
24.649
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 8.282
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.717
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.752 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 777 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.720
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.103 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.959
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.112 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 777 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.620
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
49.149
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 8.638
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.909
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 11.399
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.188 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 781 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.625
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.319 
Pattern coverage: 99.522% (126 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.083
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.805 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 781 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.422
And I read the content of the test FS 0.784
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.717 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.454
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.800 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 781 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.849
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:28.627
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 8.966
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.858
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 46.713
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.830 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 785 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.755
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.797 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.053
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.768 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 785 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 7.879
And I read the content of the test FS 0.588
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.894 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.562
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.959 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 785 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.318
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 8.754
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.898
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.164
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.154
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.459 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.013
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.872 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 778 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
10:51.375
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 0.006
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 10:51.375
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:600:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:541: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)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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 5.498 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:53:31)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:31_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-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:31_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:31_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-trixie/41/artifact/build-artifacts/00:53:31_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012