Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak 72 24 Jun 2026, 14:22

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 6:11.128 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
18.302
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 6.687
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.343
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.190
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 1.907 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.168
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.003 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.034
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.344
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 6.751
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.661 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.661
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.803 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.407
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.700 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.223
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
32.091
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 6.826
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.148
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.666 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.706
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.917 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.753
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.898 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.153
And I read the content of the test FS 0.472
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.984 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.478
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.670 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
59.215
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 6.475
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.518
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.282
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.658 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.212
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.745 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.494
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.794 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.792
And I read the content of the test FS 0.305
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.900 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.492
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.542 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.291
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:2.729
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 6.572
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 32.059
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.621
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.514 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.006
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.524 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.102
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
3:1.443
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 0.004
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:1.443
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$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:206:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:203:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:203:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:190:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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 5.363 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:34:03)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/72/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:03_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_7929-celluloid-flatpak/72/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:03_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/72/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:03_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_7929-celluloid-flatpak/72/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:03_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.012