Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell 10 24 Jun 2025, 12:49

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 21:36.519 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
1:1.380
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 28.250
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 5.401
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 4.870
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.476 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 1.686
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 16.696 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 883 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.950
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:13.187
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 27.007
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.979
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 6.596 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 888 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.114
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 15.644 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 1.052
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 15.791 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 888 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.423
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:41.668
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 10.153
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.008
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 21.637
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 6.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.807
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.766 
Pattern coverage: 93.256% (118 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.105
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 15.923 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.013
And I read the content of the test FS 0.740
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.953 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.441
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.577 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.131
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:38.897
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 28.432
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 5.104
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 58.236
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.259 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 907 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.292
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 12.692 
Pattern coverage: 104.140% (95 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.718
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 19.049 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 907 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.482
And I read the content of the test FS 0.798
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.883 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.902
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 16.045 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 907 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.063
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:22.136
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 25.632
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 7.741
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 22.045
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.948
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.610 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.022
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.135 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 885 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 8.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
13:39.249
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 0.260
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13:39.249
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:89:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:95:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:72:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:139:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137: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 7.402 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 01:10:28)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:10:28_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_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:10:28_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:10:28_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/10/artifact/build-artifacts/01:10:28_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008