Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input 2 05 Jun 2025, 04:57

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 8:12.836 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
14.946
Scenario Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.468
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.457
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.384
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.636
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 5.334 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:36:39)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:39_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/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:39_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:39_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:36:39_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
25.674
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 8.842
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.659
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.549 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 800 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.474
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.128 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.330
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.690 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 800 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.112
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
55.723
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 9.225
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.433
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.066
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.922 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 802 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.398
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.466 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.873
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.221 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 802 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.228
And I read the content of the test FS 4.188
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.152 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.279
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.266 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 802 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.310
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:27.527
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.972
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.632
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 43.673
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.485 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 797 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.976
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.399 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.640
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.215 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 797 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.508
And I read the content of the test FS 1.011
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 7.331 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.914
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.764 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 797 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.510
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 8.399
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.507
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.508
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.399
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.565 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.017
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.113 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 800 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:12.454
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 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 4:12.454
Ponytail 
Ponytail failed while pressing key combo: DBusException: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied: GetWindows is not allowed
STDOUT:

STDERR:

 (RuntimeError)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:343:in `ponytail_press'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:351:in `press'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:222:in `rescue in block in retry_action'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:209:in `block in retry_action'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:208:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:208:in `retry_action'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:719:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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 6.666 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:44:50)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:44:50_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/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:44:50_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/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:44:50_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/2/artifact/build-artifacts/00:44:50_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006