Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stable 6542 28 Jul 2026, 19:14

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 0 6 45 0 0 51 0 6 6 0.021 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
0.003
Scenario Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 0.003
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:14: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 start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 0.000
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 0.000
When I kill the allocating process 0.000
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.267
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of memory freed by killed userspace processes' (at time 00:02:20)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:02:20_Erasure_of_memory_freed_by_killed_userspace_processes.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
0.003
Scenario Erasure of tmpfs data on unmount
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 0.003
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:23: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
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.263
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of tmpfs data on unmount' (at time 00:02:24)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:02:24_Erasure_of_tmpfs_data_on_unmount.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
0.003
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: vfat
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 0.003
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:32: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
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.274
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: vfat' (at time 00:02:29)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:02:29_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_vfat.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
0.003
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: LUKS-encrypted ext4
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 0.003
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:49: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
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.269
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches on unmount: LUKS-encrypted ext4' (at time 00:02:33)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:02:33_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_on_unmount:_LUKS-encrypted_ext4.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
0.005
Scenario Erasure of the overlayfs read-write branch on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 0.005
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ from\ DVD\ without\ network\ and\ logged\ in$/'
features/erase_memory.feature:66: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
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.261
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of the overlayfs read-write branch on shutdown' (at time 00:02:37)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:02:37_Erasure_of_the_overlayfs_read-write_branch_on_shutdown.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
0.003
Scenario Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 0.003
Call 
Call to virDomainDefineXML failed: unsupported configuration: spice graphics are not supported with this QEMU (Libvirt::DefinitionError)
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `define_domain_xml'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:147:in `update'
./features/support/helpers/vm_helper.rb:117:in `initialize'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `new'
./features/step_definitions/common_steps.rb:100:in `/^a computer$/'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:177:in `reach_checkpoint'
./features/step_definitions/snapshots.rb:226:in `/^I\ have\ started\ Tails\ without\ network\ from\ a\ USB\ drive\ with\ a\ persistent\ partition\ enabled\ and\ logged\ in$/'
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
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 0.000
Hooks
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.265
Error message 
no implicit conversion of nil into String (TypeError)
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `exist?'
./features/support/hooks.rb:473:in `block (2 levels) in <top (required)>'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `each'
./features/support/hooks.rb:468:in `After'
Output 1 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 00:02:41)
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_stable/6542/artifact/build-artifacts/00:02:41_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000