Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_20297-test-suite-reject-allow-internal-dns-resolution 16 14 Apr 2025, 22:47

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 6:21.462 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
24.278
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 8.401
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.560
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.335
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.339 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.958
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 8.683 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.820
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
26.227
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 7.969
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.464
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.433 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 899 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 4.380
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.622 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.585
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.771 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 899 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.786
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
49.972
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 8.380
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.417
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.669
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.834 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 917 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.629
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.332 
Pattern coverage: 88.373% (112 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.116
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.630 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 917 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.254
And I read the content of the test FS 0.555
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.087 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.537
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 917 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.800
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:11.051
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 8.058
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.475
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.134
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.041 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.753
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.387 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.876
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.646 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.060
And I read the content of the test FS 0.599
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.668 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.490
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.858 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.500
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
51.288
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 8.138
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.526
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 16.692
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.006
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.078 
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 20.831 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 903 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:38.644
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 2:38.644
try_for() 
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/gdm-env'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `greeter'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:460:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:459:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:284:in `block in <top (required)>'
./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:137: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 `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>' (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:459:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:284:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
./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:137: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 4.856 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:33:34)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-test-suite-reject-allow-internal-dns-resolution/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:34_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_20297-test-suite-reject-allow-internal-dns-resolution/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:34_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-test-suite-reject-allow-internal-dns-resolution/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:34_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_20297-test-suite-reject-allow-internal-dns-resolution/16/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:34_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.039