Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 5066 04 Sep 2024, 08:34

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 30:15.447 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.
22.149
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.379
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.495
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.630
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.048

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

When I kill the allocating process 0.581
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.013

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 880 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.812
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
30.823
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.842
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.642
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.693

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

When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.295
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.553

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

When I umount "/mnt" 3.031
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.764

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

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.837
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
49.664
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.504
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.461
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.379
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.284

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)

# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.818
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.448

Pattern coverage: 89.944% (114 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)

When I umount the USB drive 3.395
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.986

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)

# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.259
And I read the content of the test FS 0.604
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.599

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

When I umount the USB drive 0.564
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.357

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.893
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
1:19.826
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.018
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.619
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 38.196
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.398

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 895 MiB reference memory)

# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.152
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.253

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

When I umount the USB drive 1.003
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.258

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 895 MiB reference memory)

# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.826
And I read the content of the test FS 1.706
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.711

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

When I umount the USB drive 1.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.674

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 895 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.888
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
50.220
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.050
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.620
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.867
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.016
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.819

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

When I trigger shutdown 0.019
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.826

Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)

After features/support/hooks.rb:326 3.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
26:22.763
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 26:22.763
execution expired (RemoteShell::Timeout)
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `read'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:56:in `block (3 levels) in communicate'
./features/support/helpers/remote_shell.rb:55: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/common_steps.rb:715:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:715:in `/^all notifications have disappeared$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:153:in `block in reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `each'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:150:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:173:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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:326 10.843

SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:58:17)

Screenshot: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5066/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:17_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png

Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/5066/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:17_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/5066/artifact/build-artifacts/00:58:17_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal

After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.010