Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input 4 06 Jun 2025, 05:01

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 12:28.829 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
18.307
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 10.630
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.640
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.424
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 5.611
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 5.292 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:38:46)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:46_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/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:46_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:46_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:38:46_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
28.291
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 9.672
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.702
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.972 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 782 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.611
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.897 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.354
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.082 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 782 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.992
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
53.986
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 9.155
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.655
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 11.059
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.250 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 798 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.482
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.514 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.936
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.816 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 798 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.238
And I read the content of the test FS 1.631
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.941 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.288
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.014 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 798 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.232
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:26.845
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 9.174
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.668
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 42.124
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.961 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 795 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.668
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.221 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.080
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.250 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 795 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.992
And I read the content of the test FS 3.548
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.383 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.684
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.087 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 795 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.041
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
59.013
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 9.673
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.649
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.831
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 3.019
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.579 
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 21.246 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 800 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.478
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
8:22.384
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 8:22.384
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 0x773a955ff7e0>
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 6.165 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:51:11)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:11_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/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:11_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/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:11_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/4/artifact/build-artifacts/00:51:11_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.014