Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti 93 18 Jun 2025, 20:47

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 13 4 34 0 0 51 2 4 6 21:49.705 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
1:20.844
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 48.772
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 5.212
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.965
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.983 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.548
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 18.362 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.351
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:11.761
Scenario Erasure of tmpfs data on unmount
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:11.761
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:91:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74: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:22:in `Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in'
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.000
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount "/mnt" 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.605 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of tmpfs data on unmount' (at time 01:13:36)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:36_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:36_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:36_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:13:36_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:16.952
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: vfat
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:16.952
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:91:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74: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:31: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 plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount the USB drive 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.000
And I read the content of the test FS 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount the USB drive 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.821 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: vfat' (at time 01:14:58)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:58_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_vfat.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:58_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_vfat.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:58_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_vfat.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:14:58_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_vfat.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:10.216
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: LUKS-encrypted ext4
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:10.216
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:91:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74: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:48: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 plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount the USB drive 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.000
And I read the content of the test FS 0.000
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 0.000
When I umount the USB drive 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.618 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: LUKS-encrypted ext4' (at time 01:16:16)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.file_content_var_log_boot.log
Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:16:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:16.456
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 1:8.423
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.569
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.631
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.166
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.034 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.126
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 30.504 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
14:33.474
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 0.009
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 14:33.474
Failed 
Failed to restore snapshot (RuntimeError)
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:91:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74:in `post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:167:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:97:in `rescue in post_snapshot_restore_hook'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:74: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 5.559 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 01:33:16)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:33:16_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_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:33:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:33:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_feature-arti/93/artifact/build-artifacts/01:33:16_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.022