Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 7 23 Jun 2025, 22:01

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 22:40.918 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
1:40.236
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 1:7.168
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 6.166
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 6.546
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.822 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.884
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 14.649 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:17.028
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 24.992
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.683
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 11.637 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.701
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.736 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.611
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.666 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.130
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
2:0.097
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 27.093
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.068
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 16.610
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 13.154 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 858 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.471
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.200 
Pattern coverage: 87.850% (112 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.200
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 17.160 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 858 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.815
And I read the content of the test FS 0.815
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.756 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.482
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 16.267 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 858 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.377
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
3:18.320
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 29.224
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 4.295
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 1:30.474
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 13.706 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.516
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.293 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.679
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 14.946 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 10.175
And I read the content of the test FS 2.214
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 9.332 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.816
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 16.644 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.845
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:22.366
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 27.910
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 3.181
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.062
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 3.913
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.948 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.059
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.290 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 857 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.641
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
13:2.868
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 0.007
Steps
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 13:2.868
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: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 7.034 
SCENARIO FAILED: 'Erasure of read and write disk caches of persistent data on shutdown' (at time 01:17:00)
Boot log: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:17:00_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_test-suite-options/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:17:00_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.png
Video: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:17:00_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.mkv
Systemd journal: https://jenkins.tails.boum.org/job/test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options/7/artifact/build-artifacts/01:17:00_Erasure_of_read_and_write_disk_caches_of_persistent_data_on_shutdown.journal
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.006