Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5720 18 Jun 2025, 08:42

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 35 2 14 0 0 51 4 2 6 27:9.155 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
1:40.743
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 1:7.302
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 6.033
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 4.814
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.743 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.592
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 18.258 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 870 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.769
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:15.366
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 23.262
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 5.121
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 9.256 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 878 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.432
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 16.336 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.780
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 18.176 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 878 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.302
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:57.564
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 27.068
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.934
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 20.433
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.193 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 872 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.159
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.275 
Pattern coverage: 90.926% (116 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.475
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.172 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 872 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.728
And I read the content of the test FS 0.810
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.983 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.792
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 15.537 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 872 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:39.091
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: LUKS-encrypted ext4
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:4.914
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.931
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 1:31.245
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:791:in `deal_with_polkit_prompt'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:1493:in `/^I plug and mount a (\d+) MiB USB drive with an? (.*)$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:50:in `When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf"'
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount the USB drive 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.000
And I read the content of the test FS 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount the USB drive 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 12.975 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: LUKS-encrypted ext4' (at time 01:01:04)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:04_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:04_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:04_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:01:04_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:8.724
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.112
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 5.591
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.365
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.319
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.813 
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 21.508 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 868 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 6.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
18:27.664
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 0.224
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 18:27.664
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:89:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:139: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 5.857 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 01:21:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:00_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_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:00_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:00_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5720/artifact/build-artifacts/01:21:00_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011