Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 4936 12 Jul 2024, 02:50

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 47 1 5 0 0 53 5 1 6 6:31.026 Failed
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.
21.409
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.210
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.524
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.371
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.896

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I kill the allocating process 1.432
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.974

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 2.204
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
23.874
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.248
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.504
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.934

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 864 MiB reference memory)

When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.454
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.460

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I umount "/mnt" 0.795
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.476

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 864 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 3.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
57.833
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.551
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.742
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.448
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.321

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)

# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.130
Then patterns cover at least 86% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.839

Pattern coverage: 89.901% (114 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I umount the USB drive 5.254
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.800

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)

# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 2.615
And I read the content of the test FS 0.746
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.931

Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I umount the USB drive 1.952
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.497

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.036
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:22.017
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 17.319
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.476
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 35.160
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.819

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 853 MiB reference memory)

# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.928
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.129

Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I umount the USB drive 1.004
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.749

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 853 MiB reference memory)

# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 6.341
And I read the content of the test FS 0.471
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.336

Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)

When I umount the USB drive 1.777
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.502

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 853 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 6.509
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:0.580
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.918
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.583
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.395
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 4.926
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.925

Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)

When I trigger shutdown 0.012
And I wait 20 seconds 20.019

Slept for 20 seconds

Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.799

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 879 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
2:25.310
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 2:25.310
try_for() timeout expired
Last ignored exception was: RemoteShell::ServerFailure: FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/tmp/gdm-env'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:71:in `block (2 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:42:in `block in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:37:in `communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:174:in `execute'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:185:in `initialize'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `new'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:80:in `run'
./features/support/helpers/dogtail.rb:70:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/usb.rb:108:in `greeter'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:445:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:78:in `block (2 levels) in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `loop'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:66:in `block in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:65:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:444:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:283:in `block in <top (required)>'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>' (Timeout::Error)
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:145:in `rescue in try_for'
./features/support/helpers/misc_helpers.rb:51:in `try_for'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:444:in `/^the computer (?:re)?boots Tails$/'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:283:in `/^I start Tails from (.+?) drive "(.+?)"( with network unplugged)?( and I login( with persistence enabled)?( with the changed persistence passphrase)?( (?:and|with) an administration password)?)?$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:137: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: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
And I wait 20 seconds 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 5.894

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:34:22)

Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/4936/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:22_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_stable/4936/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:22_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/4936/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:22_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv

Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/4936/artifact/build-artifacts/00:34:22_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.005