Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20263-test-suite-disable-spice-vdagent 7 12 Mar 2025, 17:32

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 11:13.790 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
21.720
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 8.032
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.505
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.223
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.533 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.225
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 8.199 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 892 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
25.968
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 7.594
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.403 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.979
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.932 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.940
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.692 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:0.609
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 7.701
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.442
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.429
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.850 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 6.336
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 7.054 
Pattern coverage: 87.289% (111 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.219
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.632 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.275
And I read the content of the test FS 0.686
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.920 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.314
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.746 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.968
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:16.495
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 7.980
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.439
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.672
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.953 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.082
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.874 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.983
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.498 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.890
And I read the content of the test FS 0.524
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.162 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 4.977
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.455 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.741
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
51.337
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 7.696
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 17.429
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.877
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.988 
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 20.899 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 908 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.505
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
7:17.660
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 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7:17.660
The 
The Dogtail init script raised: SearchError: child of [desktop frame | main]: "gnome-shell" application
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (Dogtail::Failure)
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:93:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:674:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:674:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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 5.546 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:40:14)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20263-test-suite-disable-spice-vdagent/7/artifact/build-artifacts/00:40:14_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_20263-test-suite-disable-spice-vdagent/7/artifact/build-artifacts/00:40:14_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20263-test-suite-disable-spice-vdagent/7/artifact/build-artifacts/00:40:14_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20263-test-suite-disable-spice-vdagent/7/artifact/build-artifacts/00:40:14_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013