Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input 8 10 Jun 2025, 04:45

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Emergency shutdown 24 3 9 0 0 36 2 3 5 6:33.891 Failed
Feature Emergency shutdown
As a Tails user when I unplug my Tails device to trigger emergency shutdown I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
1:3.559
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 52.615
When I eject the boot medium 0.322
Then Tails eventually shuts down 10.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.203
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
44.927
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 8.840
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.794
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.186
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.146

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.352
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.596
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.009

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 800 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:57.418
Scenario Tails erases memory on DVD boot medium removal: vfat
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.205
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.707
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.062
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.722
And I read the content of the test FS 0.099
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.063

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.305
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 1:30.250
cannot find MemoryWipeCompleted.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/erase_memory.rb:232:in `/^I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory$/'
features/emergency_shutdown.feature:33:in `And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory'
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.748

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails erases memory on DVD boot medium removal: vfat' (at time 01:59:27)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:59:27_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_vfat.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:59:27_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_vfat.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/01:59:27_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_vfat.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:28.240
Scenario Tails erases memory on DVD boot medium removal: LUKS-encrypted ext4
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 8.348
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.806
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 43.512
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.373
And I read the content of the test FS 0.086
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.569

Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I eject the boot medium 0.316
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 1:30.228
cannot find MemoryWipeCompleted.png on the screen (FindFailed)
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:181:in `rescue in wait'
./features/support/helpers/screen.rb:165:in `wait'
./features/step_definitions/erase_memory.rb:232:in `/^I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory$/'
features/emergency_shutdown.feature:44:in `And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory'
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 10.566

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails erases memory on DVD boot medium removal: LUKS-encrypted ext4' (at time 02:02:07)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:07_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:07_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:07_Tails_erases_memory_on_DVD_boot_medium_removal:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
19.745
Scenario Tails erases memory and shuts down on USB boot medium removal: persistent data
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 19.745
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 0x7c73e1aef7e0>
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/emergency_shutdown.feature:48: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
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 0.000
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 0.000
When I eject the boot medium 0.000
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
And Tails eventually shuts down 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.562

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Tails erases memory and shuts down on USB boot medium removal: persistent data' (at time 02:02:37)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:37_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.file_content_var_log_boot.log

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:37_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:37_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21002-ponytail-keyboard-input/8/artifact/build-artifacts/02:02:37_Tails_erases_memory_and_shuts_down_on_USB_boot_medium_removal:_persistent_data.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000