Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input 10 13 Jun 2025, 15:48

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 16:16.189 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
25.055
Scenario Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.026
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.075
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.631
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 3.023
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 12.325
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 9.132 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:47:59)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:47:59_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:47:59_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:47:59_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/00:47:59_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
46.904
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.053
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 11.997
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.763
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 12.453 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 795 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.672
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.517 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.353
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 14.146 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 795 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:14.534
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 11.074
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.415
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 14.392
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 12.040 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 792 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.203
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.444 
Pattern coverage: 97.906% (124 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.543
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 8.455 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 792 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.309
And I read the content of the test FS 0.981
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.167 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.409
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 11.096 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 792 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.315
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:42.072
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.968
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.355
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 43.746
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.251 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 793 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.284
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.532 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.983
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 11.059 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 793 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.185
And I read the content of the test FS 0.862
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.903 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.743
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.197 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 793 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.529
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:6.218
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 12.930
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.561
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.166
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.230
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.019 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.023
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.287 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 789 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.977
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
11:1.402
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 0.024
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11:1.402
Ponytail 
Ponytail failed while pressing key combo: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.Disconnected: Connection was disconnected before a reply was received
STDOUT:

STDERR:
Exception ignored in: <function Ponytail.__del__ at 0x78c77dafb7e0>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/ponytail/ponytail.py", line 51, in __del__
    if (self.connected):
AttributeError: 'Ponytail' object has no attribute 'connected'

 (RuntimeError)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:344:in `ponytail_press'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:352:in `press'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:679:in `/^I try to enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:703:in `/^I enable persistence( with the changed passphrase)?$/'
./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 5.624 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 01:04:10)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:10_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_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:10_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:10_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:04:10_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.027