Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory 1 17 Aug 2026, 12:28

Failures Overview

The following summary displays scenarios that failed.

Feature: System memory erasure on shutdown
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
47.385
Scenario Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 47.385
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:53:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:59:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:59:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:59:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:36:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:220:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:14:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.000
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 0.000
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 0.000
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:339 5.354 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:30:22)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/00:30:22_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/00:30:22_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/00:30:22_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/00:30:22_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Feature: Hardware failures
Tags: @product
1:25.247
Scenario Outline Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given a computer 0.079
And I set Tails to boot with options "test_partitioning_errors=guid" 0.000
And I temporarily create a 7200 MiB disk named "temp" 0.020
And I plug USB drive "temp" 1.021
And I write the Tails USB image to disk "temp" 14.011
When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged 1:10.114
Known 
Known issue #20282: Error starting GDM with your graphics card (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:450:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:238:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
features/hardware_failure.feature:80:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged'
features/hardware_failure.feature:72:in `When I start Tails from USB drive "temp" with network unplugged'
Then Tails is running from USB drive "temp" 0.000
And the Greeter recommends reinstalling Tails due to partitioning errors 0.000
And the Greeter forbids starting Tails 0.000
And the Greeter forbids all settings but language 0.000
And Tails detected partitioning error guid-not-randomized 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 5.145 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Disk partitioning errors without a persistent partition, Examples (#1)' (at time 01:42:18)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory/1/artifact/build-artifacts/01:42:18_Disk_partitioning_errors_without_a_persistent_partition,_Examples___1_.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.134