Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input 3 05 Jun 2025, 19:49

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 8:29.092 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
15.293
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 8.964
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.965
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.254
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.109
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 5.406 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:39:50)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:39:50_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/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:39:50_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:39:50_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:39:50_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
26.878
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 9.132
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.899
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.968 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 801 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.414
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.600 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.295
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.567 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 801 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.318
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
57.564
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 8.915
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.954
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.624
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.058 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 804 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.452
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 6.179 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.037
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.844 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 804 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.237
And I read the content of the test FS 3.186
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.510 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.394
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.165 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 804 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:32.678
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 10.249
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.996
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 44.878
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.186 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 807 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.283
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.801 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.215
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.476 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 807 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.879
And I read the content of the test FS 0.515
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.435 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.650
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.110 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 807 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.579
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
59.535
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 9.048
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.962
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.730
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.462
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.455 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.022
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.854 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 801 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.458
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:17.142
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 4:17.142
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:344:in `ponytail_press'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:352:in `press'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:717: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:717: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 5.856 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:48:17)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:48:17_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/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:48:17_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/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:48:17_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/3/artifact/build-artifacts/00:48:17_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008