Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit 49 06 Jul 2026, 20:02

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 46 1 4 0 0 51 5 1 6 7:30.642 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
17.441
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.594
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.143
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.001 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.603
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.744 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.839
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.325
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.627
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.734 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.590
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.008 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.319
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.727 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.632
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.596
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.329
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.067
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.819 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.559
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.997 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.731
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.791 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.180
And I read the content of the test FS 0.390
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.991 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.366
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.810 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.825
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
54.607
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.608
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.802
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.661 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.136
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.762 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.515
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.696 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.853
And I read the content of the test FS 0.290
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.842 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.411
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.679 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1502 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.696
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:2.024
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.491
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.316
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 31.321
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.966
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.429 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.492 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:27.611
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 4:27.611
cannot 
cannot find GnomeApplicationsMenu.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/common_steps.rb:603:in `/^the Tails desktop is ready$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:544:in `/^I log in to a new session(?: in ([^ ]*) \(([^ ]*)\))?( without activating the Persistent Storage)?( after having activated the Persistent Storage| expecting no warning about the Persistent Storage not being activated)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:206:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:203:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:203:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:190:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:190:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:76: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:339 5.227 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:33:14)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/49/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:14_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_21373-poweroff-inhibit/49/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:14_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/49/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:14_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_21373-poweroff-inhibit/49/artifact/build-artifacts/00:33:14_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.005