Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_codespell 2 18 Jun 2025, 02:48

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 44 1 6 0 0 51 5 1 6 19:1.407 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
1:0.229
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 27.679
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.873
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 5.859
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.891 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 1.037
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 17.887 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 878 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.177
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:3.327
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 26.133
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.644
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 9.605 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.354
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.735 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 2.223
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.630 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.421
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:52.169
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.105
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 18.033
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.966
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 23.094
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.664 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 876 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.361
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.506 
Pattern coverage: 93.718% (119 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.058
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 16.121 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 876 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.462
And I read the content of the test FS 0.809
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.458 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.768
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.862 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 876 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.342
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:57.482
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 47.772
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 6.723
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 49.066
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 14.001 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 859 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.792
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 13.278 
Pattern coverage: 103.124% (94 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.565
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.516 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 859 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 2.839
And I read the content of the test FS 2.985
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 9.791 
Pattern coverage: 106.114% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.745
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.402 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 859 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.304
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:17.343
Scenario Erasure of the overlayfs read-write branch on shutdown
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 1:17.343
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:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:65: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 fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 0.000
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 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 5.840 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of the overlayfs read-write branch on shutdown' (at time 01:00:47)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:47_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:47_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:47_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_codespell/2/artifact/build-artifacts/01:00:47_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
10:50.854
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9:59.521
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.551
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 25.672
When I trigger shutdown 0.226
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 24.882 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 913 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012