Record wall time and peak memory growth per module

Command.run() times every module and measures how much the process's
peak resident set size grew while it ran. Both are logged at INFO in
one line per module and written to info.json under module_stats, in
run order, so any run says which module cost what and CI can compare a
branch against main.

ru_maxrss is the process peak, so a module's growth is how much it
raised the high-water mark, which is what matters on a host without
swap; a module running after a bigger one reports 0. Where the resource
module is unavailable the growth is reported as 0.

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write # coverage comment
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Run Python Tests
@@ -13,6 +17,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.10', '3.11', '3.12', '3.13', '3.14']
+    env:
+      # Takes precedence over .python-version, which otherwise makes `uv run`
+      # rebuild the venv with 3.10 and test every matrix entry on 3.10.
+      UV_PYTHON: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v7
@@ -26,16 +34,23 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: |
-          uv sync --locked --group dev --python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+          uv sync --locked --group dev
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           set -o pipefail
           make test-ci | tee pytest-coverage.txt
+      - name: Coverage job summary
+        run: uv run coverage report --format=markdown --show-missing --skip-covered >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
 
       - name: Pytest coverage comment
-        continue-on-error: true # Workflows running on a fork can't post comments
-        uses: MishaKav/pytest-coverage-comment@main
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
+        # One comment per PR, not one per matrix entry. PRs from forks get a
+        # read-only token and can't post; the job summary above still works.
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && matrix.python-version == '3.13'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: MishaKav/pytest-coverage-comment@v1.12.2
         with:
           pytest-coverage-path: ./pytest-coverage.txt
           junitxml-path: ./pytest.xml
+          # The full table with per-line links exceeds GitHub's 65536-char comment limit.
+          report-only-changed-files: true
+          remove-links-to-lines: true

docs/ios/records.md

@@ -435,3 +435,11 @@ This JSON file is created by mvt-ios' `WhatsappContacts` module. The module extr
 
 This database is often missing from incremental backups. When it cannot be found, the module logs a warning and produces no results, in which case the disappearing messages state of chats cannot be determined from the backup.
 
+
+---
+
+## Records extracted by `check-sysdiagnose`
+
+### `sysdiagnose_info.json`
+
+This JSON file is created by mvt-ios' `SysdiagnoseInfo` module. The module extracts details about the device and the sysdiagnose itself: the product type and model, iOS version and build, serial number, IMEI, MEID and UDID from the remotectl dump state and the mobile activation request, the Apple account name and email from the App Store daemon database (no longer part of a sysdiagnose on newer iOS versions, still read from older archives), and the original file name and creation time of the archive from *sysdiagnose.log*.

docs/ios/sysdiagnose.md

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 # Check an iOS Sysdiagnose
 
-`mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose` prepares an iOS sysdiagnose archive for analysis by
-custom MVT modules. MVT does not include built-in sysdiagnose modules. The
-command runs the modules of the installed
+`mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose` analyzes an iOS sysdiagnose archive. MVT's own
+`SysdiagnoseInfo` module extracts details about the device and the archive
+(see [`sysdiagnose_info.json`](records.md#sysdiagnose_infojson)); the checks
+come from the modules of the installed
 [plugin packages](../development/index.md#installed-module-packages) which
-declare support for it. Install at least one such package first.
+declare support for the command. Without any such module the command still
+records the device details, and warns that no forensic sysdiagnose modules
+have been loaded so that the run cannot pass for a clean analysis.
 
 The command accepts either an extracted sysdiagnose directory or the original
 gzip-compressed tar archive.

src/mvt/android/artifacts/settings.py

@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 import re
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional, Sequence
+
+from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleAtomicResult, ModuleSerializedResult
+from mvt.common.utils import convert_datetime_to_iso
 
 from .artifact import AndroidArtifact
 
@@ -60,45 +65,240 @@ ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS = [
     },
 ]
 
+# dumpsys prints the fields of a setting record, and of a change history entry,
+# always in this order and separated by a single space. After the value come
+# `default:` and `defaultSystemSet:` when a default is recorded, then `tag:`;
+# some vendor builds add whether the value survives a restore, either as
+# `isValuePreservedInRestore:` or as a bare `notPreservedInRestore` token.
+SETTING_FIELDS = (
+    "_id",
+    "name",
+    "pkg",
+    "value",
+    "default",
+    "defaultSystemSet",
+    "tag",
+    "isValuePreservedInRestore",
+)
+HISTORY_FIELDS = ("time", "mode", "oldValue", "newValue", "package")
+
+NAMESPACE_PATTERN = re.compile(
+    r"^(CONFIG|GLOBAL|SECURE|SYSTEM) SETTINGS \(user (\d+)\)$"
+)
+SECTION_END_PATTERN = re.compile(r"ending at: (\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2})")
+
 
 class Settings(AndroidArtifact):
-    def parse(self, content: str) -> None:
-        self.results: dict[str, dict[str, str]] = {}
-        namespace: str | None = None
-        for line in content.splitlines():
-            heading = re.match(
-                r"^(CONFIG|GLOBAL|SECURE|SYSTEM) SETTINGS \(user (\d+)\)$",
-                line.strip(),
-            )
-            if heading:
-                namespace = f"{heading.group(1).lower()}:user_{heading.group(2)}"
-                self.results[namespace] = {}
+    """Parser for the `dumpsys settings` output.
+
+    Every row of the settings provider becomes one result, keeping the fields
+    dumpsys prints alongside the value: the row id, the package which recorded
+    the setting, the default, the tag, and the change history. A setting name
+    can appear more than once within a namespace, so results are a list rather
+    than a mapping.
+    """
+
+    def serialize(self, result: ModuleAtomicResult) -> ModuleSerializedResult:
+        records = []
+        for entry in result.get("history", []):
+            if not entry.get("timestamp"):
                 continue
-            if namespace is None or not line.startswith("_id:"):
-                continue
-            setting = re.match(
-                r"^_id:\S+\s+name:(.*?)\s+pkg:.*?\s+value:(.*?)"
-                r"(?:\s+default:.*\s+defaultSystemSet:(?:true|false))?$",
-                line,
+
+            records.append(
+                {
+                    "timestamp": entry["timestamp"],
+                    "module": self.__class__.__name__,
+                    "event": "settings_change",
+                    "data": (
+                        f"{result.get('namespace')} setting "
+                        f'"{result.get("name")}" changed from '
+                        f'"{entry.get("oldValue")}" to "{entry.get("newValue")}" '
+                        f"by {entry.get('pkg')}"
+                    ),
+                }
             )
-            if setting:
-                self.results[namespace][setting.group(1)] = setting.group(2)
+
+        return records
 
     def check_indicators(self) -> None:
-        for namespace, settings in self.results.items():
-            for key, value in settings.items():
-                for danger in ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS:
-                    # Check if one of the dangerous settings is using an unsafe
-                    # value (different than the one specified).
-                    if danger["key"] == key and danger["safe_value"] != value:
-                        self.alertstore.medium(
-                            f'Found suspicious "{namespace}" setting "{key} = {value}" ({danger["description"]})',
-                            "",
-                            {
-                                "namespace": namespace,
-                                "key": key,
-                                "value": value,
-                                "description": danger["description"],
-                            },
-                        )
-                        break
+        for result in self.results:
+            name = result.get("name")
+            value = result.get("value")
+            for danger in ANDROID_DANGEROUS_SETTINGS:
+                # Check if one of the dangerous settings is using an unsafe
+                # value (different than the one specified).
+                if danger["key"] != name or danger["safe_value"] == value:
+                    continue
+
+                history = result.get("history") or []
+                self.alertstore.medium(
+                    f'Found suspicious "{result.get("namespace")}" setting '
+                    f'"{name} = {value}" ({danger["description"]})',
+                    history[-1]["timestamp"] if history else "",
+                    result,
+                )
+                break
+
+    def parse(self, content: str) -> None:
+        self.results: list[ModuleAtomicResult] = []
+        section_end = self._parse_section_end(content)
+        namespace: Optional[str] = None
+        user: Optional[str] = None
+        record_lines: list[str] = []
+        history_lines: list[str] = []
+        in_history = False
+
+        def flush() -> None:
+            nonlocal record_lines, history_lines, in_history
+            if record_lines:
+                self.results.append(
+                    self._build_record(
+                        namespace, user, record_lines, history_lines, section_end
+                    )
+                )
+            record_lines = []
+            history_lines = []
+            in_history = False
+
+        for line in content.splitlines():
+            heading = NAMESPACE_PATTERN.match(line.strip())
+            if heading:
+                flush()
+                namespace = heading.group(1).lower()
+                user = heading.group(2)
+                continue
+
+            if line.startswith("--------- "):
+                # dumpsys closes every section with a duration trailer.
+                flush()
+                namespace = None
+                continue
+
+            if namespace is None:
+                continue
+
+            if not line.strip():
+                # dumpsys prints a blank line after every namespace block and
+                # after a change history, and other dumps such as the
+                # generation registry follow the last block, so a blank line
+                # closes the record being read.
+                flush()
+                continue
+
+            if line.startswith("_id:"):
+                flush()
+                record_lines = [line]
+                continue
+
+            if not record_lines:
+                continue
+
+            stripped = line.strip()
+            if stripped.startswith("History ("):
+                in_history = True
+                continue
+
+            if in_history:
+                if stripped.startswith("time:"):
+                    history_lines.append(stripped)
+                elif stripped and history_lines:
+                    # A history entry can be wrapped over several lines.
+                    history_lines[-1] += " " + stripped
+                continue
+
+            # Anything else continues the value of the record being read.
+            record_lines.append(line)
+
+        flush()
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _split_fields(text: str, keys: Sequence[str]) -> dict[str, str]:
+        """Split the `key:value` fields of one record.
+
+        Values are free-form and may contain spaces and newlines, so a field
+        runs up to the start of the next key which is actually present. Keys
+        dumpsys did not print are skipped.
+        """
+        fields: dict[str, str] = {}
+        key = keys[0]
+        if not text.startswith(f"{key}:"):
+            return fields
+
+        remainder = text[len(key) + 1 :]
+        for next_key in keys[1:]:
+            value, separator, rest = remainder.partition(f" {next_key}:")
+            if separator:
+                fields[key] = value
+                key, remainder = next_key, rest
+
+        fields[key] = remainder
+        return fields
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _parse_section_end(content: str) -> Optional[datetime]:
+        """Return the time the settings section was dumped, if reported."""
+        match = SECTION_END_PATTERN.search(content)
+        if not match:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            return datetime.strptime(match.group(1), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _resolve_timestamp(
+        value: str, section_end: Optional[datetime]
+    ) -> Optional[str]:
+        """Add the missing year to a `MM-DD HH:MM:SS.mmm` history timestamp.
+
+        dumpsys prints the change history without a year, so it is resolved
+        against the time the section was dumped: the most recent matching date
+        at or before that time.
+        """
+        if section_end is None:
+            return None
+
+        try:
+            partial = datetime.strptime(value, "%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+            timestamp = partial.replace(year=section_end.year)
+            if timestamp > section_end:
+                timestamp = partial.replace(year=section_end.year - 1)
+        except ValueError:
+            return None
+
+        return convert_datetime_to_iso(timestamp)
+
+    def _parse_history(
+        self, line: str, section_end: Optional[datetime]
+    ) -> ModuleAtomicResult:
+        fields = self._split_fields(line, HISTORY_FIELDS)
+        return {
+            "timestamp": self._resolve_timestamp(fields.get("time", ""), section_end),
+            "oldValue": fields.get("oldValue"),
+            "newValue": fields.get("newValue"),
+            "pkg": fields.get("package"),
+        }
+
+    def _build_record(
+        self,
+        namespace: Optional[str],
+        user: Optional[str],
+        record_lines: list[str],
+        history_lines: list[str],
+        section_end: Optional[datetime],
+    ) -> ModuleAtomicResult:
+        text = "\n".join(record_lines).rstrip()
+        # The bare `notPreservedInRestore` token has no `key:` shape and is
+        # printed last, so peel it off before splitting the fields.
+        head = text.removesuffix(" notPreservedInRestore")
+
+        record: ModuleAtomicResult = {"namespace": namespace, "user": user}
+        record.update(self._split_fields(head, SETTING_FIELDS))
+        if head != text:
+            record["isValuePreservedInRestore"] = "false"
+
+        record["history"] = [
+            self._parse_history(entry, section_end) for entry in history_lines
+        ]
+        return record

src/mvt/android/cli.py

@@ -150,6 +150,16 @@ def check_adb(ctx):
     default=[],
     help=HELP_MSG_LOAD_MODULE,
 )
+@click.option(
+    "--timezone",
+    "-t",
+    default=None,
+    help=(
+        "IANA timezone name for the device, for example 'Europe/Paris'. "
+        "Bugreport file timestamps are the device's wall clock; by default the "
+        "zone is read from persist.sys.timezone in the bugreport itself."
+    ),
+)
 @click.option("--verbose", "-v", is_flag=True, help=HELP_MSG_VERBOSE_COMMAND)
 @click.argument("BUGREPORT_PATH", type=click.Path(exists=True))
 @click.pass_context
@@ -160,6 +170,7 @@ def check_bugreport(
     list_modules,
     module,
     load_module,
+    timezone,
     verbose,
     bugreport_path,
 ):
@@ -167,12 +178,18 @@ def check_bugreport(
 
     set_verbose_logging(verbose or _get_verbose(ctx))
     custom_modules = _load_custom_modules(load_module)
+
+    module_options = {}
+    if timezone:
+        module_options["device_timezone"] = timezone
+
     # Always generate hashes as bug reports are small.
     cmd = CmdAndroidCheckBugreport(
         target_path=bugreport_path,
         results_path=output,
         ioc_files=iocs,
         module_name=module,
+        module_options=module_options if module_options else None,
         hashes=True,
         disable_version_check=_get_disable_flags(ctx)[0],
         disable_indicator_check=_get_disable_flags(ctx)[1],
@@ -183,8 +200,6 @@ def check_bugreport(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking Android bug report at path: %s", bugreport_path)
-
     try:
         cmd.run()
     except BadZipFile as exc:
@@ -259,8 +274,6 @@ def check_backup(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking Android backup at path: %s", backup_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -342,8 +355,6 @@ def check_androidqf(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking AndroidQF acquisition at path: %s", androidqf_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_disable_adb_warning()
@@ -424,8 +435,6 @@ def check_intrusion_logs(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking intrusion logs at path: %s", logs_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_androidqf.py

@@ -82,6 +82,8 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckAndroidQF(Command):
         if not self.target_path:
             raise NoAndroidQFTargetPath
 
+        self.log.info("Checking AndroidQF acquisition at path: %s", self.target_path)
+
         if os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
             self.__format = "dir"
             parent_path = Path(self.target_path).absolute().parent.as_posix()

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_backup.py

@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckBackup(Command):
         assert self.target_path is not None  # type: ignore[has-type]
         # Use a different local variable name to avoid any scoping issues
         backup_path: str = self.target_path  # type: ignore[has-type]
+        self.log.info("Checking Android backup at path: %s", backup_path)
 
         if os.path.isfile(backup_path):
             self.__type = "ab"

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_bugreport.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
 from zipfile import ZipFile
 
+from mvt.android.artifacts.getprop import GetProp
 from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.base import BugReportModule
 from mvt.common.command import Command
 from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
@@ -88,13 +89,57 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckBugreport(Command):
             self.__files.append(file_name)
 
     def init(self) -> None:
-        if not self.target_path:
+        if self.target_path:
+            self.log.info("Checking Android bug report at path: %s", self.target_path)
+            if os.path.isfile(self.target_path):
+                self.from_zip(ZipFile(self.target_path))
+            elif os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
+                self.from_dir(self.target_path)
+                self.log.warning(
+                    "Analysing an unpacked bugreport: file timestamps come from "
+                    "the extraction, not from the device. Analyse the original "
+                    "zip to keep the device's file timestamps."
+                )
+        if self.__format:
+            self._resolve_device_timezone()
+
+    def _resolve_device_timezone(self) -> None:
+        """Name the device's timezone in module_options unless it is known already.
+
+        A bugreport's SYSTEM PROPERTIES section carries persist.sys.timezone.
+        Zip entry times are the device's wall clock, and modules read them in
+        this zone; --timezone or check-androidqf's own reading takes precedence.
+        """
+        if self.module_options.get("device_timezone"):
+            self.log.info("Device timezone: %s", self.module_options["device_timezone"])
             return
 
-        if os.path.isfile(self.target_path):
-            self.from_zip(ZipFile(self.target_path))
-        elif os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
-            self.from_dir(self.target_path)
+        probe = BugReportModule(log=self.log)
+        self.module_init(probe)
+        timezone = None
+        try:
+            dumpstate = probe._get_dumpstate_file()
+        except Exception as exc:
+            self.log.warning("Could not read the bugreport's dumpstate: %s", exc)
+            dumpstate = None
+        if dumpstate:
+            properties = GetProp()
+            properties.parse(
+                BugReportModule.extract_command_section(
+                    dumpstate.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
+                    "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES",
+                )
+            )
+            timezone = properties.get_device_timezone()
+        if timezone:
+            self.log.info("Device timezone identified from the bugreport: %s", timezone)
+            self.module_options["device_timezone"] = timezone
+        else:
+            self.log.warning(
+                "persist.sys.timezone not found in the bugreport; file timestamps "
+                "are the device's wall clock without a timezone. Pass --timezone "
+                "to name it."
+            )
 
     def module_init(self, module: BugReportModule) -> None:  # type: ignore[override]
         if self.__format == "zip":

src/mvt/android/cmd_check_intrusion_logs.py

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class CmdAndroidCheckIntrusionLogs(Command):
         if not self.target_path:
             raise ValueError("No target path specified")
 
+        self.log.info("Checking intrusion logs at path: %s", self.target_path)
+
         if not os.path.isdir(self.target_path) and not (
             os.path.isfile(self.target_path)
             and self.target_path.lower().endswith(".zip")

src/mvt/android/modules/androidqf/aqf_settings.py

@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
-import logging
-from typing import Optional
-
 from mvt.android.artifacts.settings import Settings as SettingsArtifact
-from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleResults
 
 from .base import AndroidQFModule
 
@@ -15,43 +11,23 @@ from .base import AndroidQFModule
 class AQFSettings(SettingsArtifact, AndroidQFModule):
     """This module analyse setting files"""
 
-    def __init__(
-        self,
-        file_path: Optional[str] = None,
-        target_path: Optional[str] = None,
-        results_path: Optional[str] = None,
-        module_options: Optional[dict] = None,
-        log: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__),
-        results: Optional[ModuleResults] = None,
-    ) -> None:
-        super().__init__(
-            file_path=file_path,
-            target_path=target_path,
-            results_path=results_path,
-            module_options=module_options,
-            log=log,
-            results=results,
-        )
-        self.results: dict = results if results is not None else {}
-
     def run(self) -> None:
         for setting_file in self._get_files_by_pattern("*/settings_*.txt"):
             namespace = setting_file[setting_file.rfind("_") + 1 : -4]
 
-            self.results[namespace] = {}
             data = self._get_file_content(setting_file)
             for line in data.decode("utf-8").splitlines():
-                line = line.strip()
-                try:
-                    key, value = line.split("=", 1)
-                except ValueError:
+                name, separator, value = line.strip().partition("=")
+                if not separator:
                     continue
 
-                try:
-                    self.results[namespace][key] = value
-                except IndexError:
-                    continue
+                self.results.append(
+                    {
+                        "namespace": namespace,
+                        "user": None,
+                        "name": name,
+                        "value": value,
+                    }
+                )
 
-        self.log.info(
-            "Identified %d settings", sum([len(val) for val in self.results.values()])
-        )
+        self.log.info("Identified %d settings", len(self.results))

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/base.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import List, Optional
 from zipfile import ZipFile
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
 
 from mvt.common.module import ModuleResults, MVTModule
 
@@ -125,12 +126,31 @@ class BugReportModule(MVTModule):
             lines.append(line)
         return "\n".join(lines)
 
+    def _device_timezone(self) -> Optional[datetime.tzinfo]:
+        """The device's timezone named in module_options, or None when unknown."""
+        name = self.module_options.get("device_timezone")
+        if not name:
+            return None
+        try:
+            return ZoneInfo(name)
+        except ZoneInfoNotFoundError:
+            self.log.warning("Unknown device timezone %s", name)
+            return None
+
     def _get_file_modification_time(self, file_path: str) -> datetime.datetime:
+        """When the file was last modified.
+
+        A zip entry carries the device's wall clock, so it is returned in the
+        device's timezone when the bugreport names one and naive otherwise.
+        An unpacked bugreport's mtime is whatever the extraction left, an
+        instant returned in UTC.
+        """
         if self.zip_archive:
             file_timetuple = self.zip_archive.getinfo(file_path).date_time
-            return datetime.datetime(*file_timetuple)
-        else:
-            if not self.extract_path:
-                raise ValueError("extract_path is not set")
-            file_stat = os.stat(os.path.join(self.extract_path, file_path))
-            return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(file_stat.st_mtime)
+            return datetime.datetime(*file_timetuple, tzinfo=self._device_timezone())
+        if not self.extract_path:
+            raise ValueError("extract_path is not set")
+        file_stat = os.stat(os.path.join(self.extract_path, file_path))
+        return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(
+            file_stat.st_mtime, tz=datetime.timezone.utc
+        )

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/fs_timestamps.py

@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
 import logging
-import datetime
 from typing import Optional
-from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo, ZoneInfoNotFoundError
 
 from mvt.common.utils import convert_datetime_to_iso
 from .base import BugReportModule
 from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleResults
 from mvt.android.artifacts.file_timestamps import FileTimestampsArtifact
-from mvt.android.artifacts.getprop import GetProp
 
 
 class BugReportTimestamps(FileTimestampsArtifact, BugReportModule):
@@ -41,41 +38,28 @@ class BugReportTimestamps(FileTimestampsArtifact, BugReportModule):
     def run(self) -> None:
         filesystem_files = self._get_files_by_pattern("FS/*")
 
-        timezone_name = None
-        dumpstate = self._get_dumpstate_file()
-        if dumpstate:
-            section = self.extract_command_section(
-                dumpstate.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"),
-                "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES",
-            )
-            properties = GetProp()
-            properties.parse(section)
-            timezone_name = properties.get_device_timezone()
-        timezone = None
-        if timezone_name:
-            try:
-                timezone = ZoneInfo(timezone_name)
-            except ZoneInfoNotFoundError:
-                self.log.warning("Unknown device timezone %s", timezone_name)
-
         self.results = []
         for file in filesystem_files:
-            # Only the modification time is available in the zip file metadata.
-            # The timezone is the local timezone of the machine the phone.
+            # A zip entry keeps the device's wall clock, read in the device's
+            # timezone when the command found one (see CmdAndroidCheckBugreport);
+            # an unpacked bugreport's mtime is read as a UTC instant.
             modification_time = self._get_file_modification_time(file)
-            utc_time = None
-            if timezone is not None:
-                utc_time = convert_datetime_to_iso(
-                    modification_time.replace(tzinfo=timezone).astimezone(
-                        datetime.timezone.utc
-                    )
-                )
             self.results.append(
                 {
                     "path": file,
-                    "modified_time": convert_datetime_to_iso(modification_time),
-                    "modified_time_utc": utc_time,
-                    "timezone": timezone_name,
+                    "modified_time": convert_datetime_to_iso(
+                        modification_time.replace(tzinfo=None)
+                    ),
+                    "modified_time_utc": (
+                        convert_datetime_to_iso(modification_time)
+                        if modification_time.tzinfo
+                        else None
+                    ),
+                    "timezone": (
+                        self.module_options.get("device_timezone")
+                        if self.zip_archive
+                        else "UTC"
+                    ),
                     "timestamp_source": (
                         "zip_metadata" if self.zip_archive else "filesystem_metadata"
                     ),

src/mvt/android/modules/bugreport/settings.py

@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ class Settings(SettingsArtifact, BugReportModule):
             data.decode("utf-8", errors="replace"), "DUMP OF SERVICE settings:"
         )
         self.parse(section)
-        count = sum(len(settings) for settings in self.results.values())
-        self.log.info("Identified %d Android settings", count)
+        self.log.info("Identified %d Android settings", len(self.results))

src/mvt/common/cmd_check_iocs.py

@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ class CmdCheckIOCS(Command):
             if entry not in all_modules:
                 all_modules.append(entry)
 
+        # Read the indicators once, so that a missing indicators file is
+        # reported even when no stored result matches a module.
+        iocs = self.iocs
+
         log.info("Checking stored results against provided indicators...")
 
         total_detections = 0
@@ -83,8 +87,8 @@ class CmdCheckIOCS(Command):
                     log.warning("No result from this module, skipping it")
                     continue
 
-                if self.iocs.total_ioc_count > 0:
-                    m.indicators = self.iocs
+                if iocs.total_ioc_count > 0:
+                    m.indicators = iocs
                     m.indicators.log = m.log
 
                 try:

src/mvt/common/command.py

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
+import time
 from datetime import datetime
+from functools import cached_property
 from heapq import heappop, heappush
 from typing import Any, Optional
 
@@ -35,6 +37,17 @@ from .utils import (
 from .version import MVT_VERSION
 
 
+def _peak_rss_mb() -> float:
+    """The process's peak resident set size so far, in MB (0 where unknown)."""
+    try:
+        import resource
+    except ImportError:
+        return 0.0
+    peak = resource.getrusage(resource.RUSAGE_SELF).ru_maxrss
+    # ru_maxrss is in bytes on macOS and in kilobytes elsewhere.
+    return peak / (1024 * 1024 if sys.platform == "darwin" else 1024)
+
+
 class Command:
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -76,6 +89,9 @@ class Command:
         # declaring `replaces` to the module which took their place.
         self.module_replacements: dict[type[MVTModule], type[MVTModule]] = {}
 
+        # Wall time and peak-RSS growth of every module run, in run order.
+        self.module_stats: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+
         # This list will contain all executed modules.
         # We can use this to reference e.g. self.executed[0].results.
         self.executed: list[MVTModule] = []
@@ -84,18 +100,18 @@ class Command:
         self.timeline: ModuleTimeline = []
         self.url_results: list[URLResult] = []
 
-        # Load IOCs
-        self._create_storage()
-        self._setup_logging()
-
         if iocs is not None:
             self.iocs = iocs
-        else:
-            self.iocs = Indicators(self.log)
-            self.iocs.load_indicators_files(self.ioc_files)
 
         self.alertstore = AlertStore()
 
+    @cached_property
+    def iocs(self) -> Indicators:
+        """Load indicators on first use. Nested commands share their parent's."""
+        iocs = Indicators(self.log)
+        iocs.load_indicators_files(self.ioc_files)
+        return iocs
+
     def _create_storage(self) -> None:
         if self.results_path and not os.path.exists(self.results_path):
             try:
@@ -189,6 +205,7 @@ class Command:
             "date": convert_datetime_to_iso(datetime.now()),
             "ioc_files": [],
             "hashes": [],
+            "module_stats": self.module_stats,
         }
 
         for coll in self.iocs.ioc_collections:
@@ -710,17 +727,30 @@ class Command:
         return ordered
 
     def run(self) -> None:
+        # The output folder and its command.log exist for a run, so that
+        # listing modules or rejecting a target leaves nothing behind.
+        # Resolving the module list can warn, so the log comes first.
+        self._create_storage()
+        self._setup_logging()
+
         ordered_modules = self._ordered_modules()
         if ordered_modules is None:
             return
 
-        self._log_loaded_modules(ordered_modules)
+        # Read the indicators once the run is certain to happen, before
+        # init() does any work on the target, so that a missing indicators
+        # file is reported first and every module gets the same object.
+        iocs = self.iocs
 
+        # Commands announce their target from init(), so it goes before the
+        # module list.
         try:
             self.init()
         except NotImplementedError:
             pass
 
+        self._log_loaded_modules(ordered_modules)
+
         executed_by_type: dict[type[MVTModule], MVTModule] = {}
         for module in ordered_modules:
 
@@ -740,8 +770,8 @@ class Command:
                 for dependency, resolved in self._module_dependencies(module)
             }
 
-            if self.iocs.total_ioc_count:
-                m.indicators = self.iocs
+            if iocs.total_ioc_count:
+                m.indicators = iocs
                 m.indicators.log = m.log
 
             if self.serial:
@@ -752,6 +782,8 @@ class Command:
             except NotImplementedError:
                 pass
 
+            started = time.perf_counter()
+            peak_before = _peak_rss_mb()
             try:
                 run_module(m)
             except EncryptedBackupError:
@@ -761,6 +793,19 @@ class Command:
                 )
                 return
 
+            stats = {
+                "module": module.__name__,
+                "seconds": round(time.perf_counter() - started, 2),
+                "peak_rss_growth_mb": round(_peak_rss_mb() - peak_before),
+            }
+            self.module_stats.append(stats)
+            self.log.info(
+                "Module %s ran in %.1fs and raised the peak memory by %d MB",
+                stats["module"],
+                stats["seconds"],
+                stats["peak_rss_growth_mb"],
+            )
+
             self.executed.append(m)
             executed_by_type[module] = m
             self.timeline.extend(m.timeline)

src/mvt/common/config.py

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ from pydantic_settings import (
     YamlConfigSettingsSource,
 )
 
-MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER = user_config_dir("mvt")
+# MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER in the environment relocates the settings file, so that
+# a test run or a scripted install never touches the user's own.
+MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER = os.environ.get("MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER") or user_config_dir("mvt")
 MVT_CONFIG_PATH = os.path.join(MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER, "config.yaml")
 
 
@@ -59,13 +61,16 @@ class MVTSettings(BaseSettings):
         dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
         file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
     ) -> Tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
-        yaml_source = YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, MVT_CONFIG_PATH)
         sources: Tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...] = (
-            yaml_source,
+            YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls, MVT_CONFIG_PATH),
             init_settings,
         )
-        # Always load env variables by default
-        sources = (env_settings,) + sources
+        # Load env variables only when asked to. initialise() constructs the
+        # settings once without them so that what gets written back to
+        # config.yaml never includes values taken from the environment.
+        # init_settings() returns the keyword arguments passed to the constructor.
+        if init_settings().get("load_env", True):
+            sources = (env_settings,) + sources
         return sources
 
     def save_settings(
@@ -92,7 +97,7 @@ class MVTSettings(BaseSettings):
 
         Afterwards we load the settings again, this time including the env variables.
         """
-        # Set invalid env prefix to avoid loading env variables.
+        # Construct the settings without env variables so they are not persisted.
         settings = cls(load_env=False)
         settings.save_settings()
 

src/mvt/common/indicators.py

@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ from appdirs import user_data_dir
 from .config import settings
 from .url import URL
 
-MVT_DATA_FOLDER = user_data_dir("mvt")
+# MVT_DATA_FOLDER in the environment relocates the downloaded indicators and
+# the update-check state kept next to them.
+MVT_DATA_FOLDER = os.environ.get("MVT_DATA_FOLDER") or user_data_dir("mvt")
 MVT_INDICATORS_FOLDER = os.path.join(MVT_DATA_FOLDER, "indicators")
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -71,7 +73,9 @@ class Indicators:
             if os.path.isfile(path) and path.lower().endswith(".stix2"):
                 self.parse_stix2(path)
             elif os.path.isdir(path):
-                for file in glob.glob(os.path.join(path, "**", "*.stix2"), recursive=True):
+                for file in glob.glob(
+                    os.path.join(path, "**", "*.stix2"), recursive=True
+                ):
                     self.parse_stix2(file)
             else:
                 self.log.error(
@@ -518,9 +522,7 @@ class Indicators:
         the original URL order.
         """
         batches = [list(urls) if urls else [] for urls in url_batches]
-        unique_urls = list(
-            dict.fromkeys(url for urls in batches for url in urls)
-        )
+        unique_urls = list(dict.fromkeys(url for urls in batches for url in urls))
 
         if not unique_urls:
             return [None] * len(batches)

src/mvt/ios/cli.py

@@ -318,8 +318,6 @@ def check_backup(
     if not cmd.resolve_backup_path():
         ctx.exit(1)
 
-    log.info("Checking iTunes backup located at: %s", cmd.target_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -386,8 +384,6 @@ def check_fs(
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking iOS filesystem located at: %s", dump_path)
-
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()
@@ -449,18 +445,20 @@ def check_sysdiagnose(
         custom_modules=custom_modules,
     )
 
-    if not cmd._available_modules():
-        raise click.ClickException(
-            "No custom modules support mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose. "
-            "Load a module that declares supported_commands = "
-            "((\"ios\", \"check-sysdiagnose\"),)."
+    # MVT's own module only records the device details; the checks come from
+    # custom modules, so a run without any must not look like a clean analysis.
+    if all(module in cmd.modules for module in cmd._available_modules()):
+        log.warning(
+            "No forensic sysdiagnose modules have been loaded: MVT's own "
+            "SysdiagnoseInfo module only records the device details. Install a "
+            "module package or load a module that declares supported_commands = "
+            '(("ios", "check-sysdiagnose"),) to check the sysdiagnose.'
         )
 
     if list_modules:
         cmd.list_modules()
         return
 
-    log.info("Checking iOS sysdiagnose at path: %s", sysdiagnose_path)
     cmd.run()
     cmd.show_alerts_brief()
     cmd.show_support_message()

src/mvt/ios/cmd_check_backup.py

@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ class CmdIOSCheckBackup(Command):
         self.name = "check-backup"
         self.modules = BACKUP_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
 
+    def init(self) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Checking iTunes backup located at: %s", self.target_path)
+
     def resolve_backup_path(self) -> bool:
         target_path = getattr(self, "target_path", None)
         if not isinstance(target_path, str) or not target_path:

src/mvt/ios/cmd_check_fs.py

@@ -51,5 +51,8 @@ class CmdIOSCheckFS(Command):
         self.name = "check-fs"
         self.modules = FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
 
+    def init(self) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Checking iOS filesystem located at: %s", self.target_path)
+
     def module_init(self, module):
         module.is_fs_dump = True

src/mvt/ios/cmd_check_sysdiagnose.py

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ import json
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
+import sys
 import tarfile
+import zlib
 from pathlib import Path, PurePosixPath
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 from typing import Any, Optional
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@ from mvt.common.command import Command
 from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
 from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
 
+from .modules.sysdiagnose import SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
+
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -52,6 +56,7 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
         )
         self.platform = "ios"
         self.name = "check-sysdiagnose"
+        self.modules = SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
         self.sysdiagnose_format: Optional[str] = None
         self.sysdiagnose_archive: Optional[tarfile.TarFile] = None
         self.sysdiagnose_files: list[str] = []
@@ -76,11 +81,15 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
         if not self.target_path:
             raise ValueError("A sysdiagnose path is required")
 
+        self.log.info("Checking iOS sysdiagnose at path: %s", self.target_path)
+
         if os.path.isdir(self.target_path):
             self.sysdiagnose_format = "dir"
             parent_path = Path(self.target_path).absolute().parent
             for root, _, filenames in os.walk(self.target_path):
                 for filename in filenames:
+                    if filename.startswith("._"):
+                        continue
                     absolute_path = os.path.join(root, filename)
                     file_path = os.path.relpath(absolute_path, parent_path)
                     self.sysdiagnose_files.append(file_path)
@@ -94,8 +103,19 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
 
         self.log.info("Parsing sysdiagnose archive. This might take a while...")
         self.sysdiagnose_format = "tar"
-        self.sysdiagnose_archive = tarfile.open(self.target_path, "r:gz")
-        self._extract_sysdiagnose_archive()
+        try:
+            self.sysdiagnose_archive = tarfile.open(self.target_path, "r:gz")
+            self._extract_sysdiagnose_archive()
+        except (tarfile.ReadError, EOFError, zlib.error, OSError) as exc:
+            # A truncated archive ends in EOFError from gzip, which Click would
+            # otherwise report as a bare "Aborted!" with no reason.
+            self.log.critical(
+                "Unable to read the sysdiagnose archive %s: %s. "
+                "The file may be truncated or not a gzip-compressed tarball.",
+                self.target_path,
+                exc,
+            )
+            sys.exit(1)
 
     def _extract_sysdiagnose_archive(self) -> None:
         archive = self.sysdiagnose_archive
@@ -119,6 +139,11 @@ class CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(Command):
 
             if not member_path.parts:
                 continue
+            # AppleDouble sidecars (._name) carry a file's extended attributes,
+            # not sysdiagnose content. Device archives hold hundreds of them;
+            # bsdtar hides them from listings, tarfile does not.
+            if member_path.name.startswith("._"):
+                continue
             archive_roots.add(member_path.parts[0])
 
             if member.isdir():

src/mvt/ios/command_modules.py

@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
 from .modules.backup import BACKUP_MODULES
 from .modules.fs import FS_MODULES
 from .modules.mixed import MIXED_MODULES
+from .modules.sysdiagnose import SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
 
 IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = (
-    BACKUP_MODULES + FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
+    BACKUP_MODULES + FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES + SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
 )

src/mvt/ios/modules/sysdiagnose/__init__.py

@@ -3,4 +3,9 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
+
 from .base import SysdiagnoseExtraction
+from .sysdiagnose_info import SysdiagnoseInfo
+
+SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES: list[type[MVTModule]] = [SysdiagnoseInfo]

src/mvt/ios/modules/sysdiagnose/sysdiagnose_info.py

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import json
+import logging
+import os
+import plistlib
+import re
+import sqlite3
+import tempfile
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Optional
+
+from mvt.common.module_types import ModuleResults
+from mvt.common.utils import convert_datetime_to_iso
+from mvt.ios.versions import (
+    find_version_by_build,
+    get_device_desc_from_id,
+    is_ios_version_outdated,
+)
+
+from .base import SysdiagnoseExtraction
+
+# The fields dumpsys prints in the remotectl dump state and the mobile
+# activation request which are worth a log line of their own.
+LOGGED_FIELDS = (
+    "ProductName",
+    "ProductType",
+    "SerialNumber",
+    "OSVersion",
+    "RegionCode",
+    "IMEI",
+    "BuildVersion",
+)
+
+
+class SysdiagnoseInfo(SysdiagnoseExtraction):
+    """Extract details about the device and the sysdiagnose itself.
+
+    The fields come from four files of the archive: the remotectl dump state
+    (product type, OS version, serial number, region and the rest of its
+    Properties block), the mobile activation request (UDID, IMEI, MEID and the
+    OS build), the App Store daemon database (the Apple account name and email)
+    and sysdiagnose.log (the archive's original file name and creation time).
+
+    Newer iOS versions no longer include the App Store daemon database in a
+    sysdiagnose; it is still read for the analysis of older archives.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        file_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        target_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        results_path: Optional[str] = None,
+        module_options: Optional[dict] = None,
+        log: logging.Logger = logging.getLogger(__name__),
+        results: Optional[ModuleResults] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(
+            file_path=file_path,
+            target_path=target_path,
+            results_path=results_path,
+            module_options=module_options,
+            log=log,
+            results=results,
+        )
+
+        self.results: dict = results if results is not None else {}
+
+    def _copy_sqlite_db(self, file_path: str, directory: str) -> str:
+        """Copy a database and its WAL sidecars out of the archive.
+
+        A database dumped mid-transaction keeps its latest rows in the -wal
+        file next to it, which SQLite only reads when both sit in the same
+        directory under the same name.
+        """
+        available_files = self.tar_files if self.tar else self.files
+        for suffix in ("", "-wal", "-shm"):
+            if suffix and f"{file_path}{suffix}" not in available_files:
+                continue
+            copy_path = os.path.join(directory, f"{Path(file_path).name}{suffix}")
+            with open(copy_path, "wb") as handle:
+                handle.write(self._get_file_content(f"{file_path}{suffix}"))
+
+        return os.path.join(directory, Path(file_path).name)
+
+    def _process_appstored(self, file_path: str) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Found App Store daemon database at: %s", file_path)
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="mvt_sqlite_") as directory:
+            db_path = Path(self._copy_sqlite_db(file_path, directory)).resolve()
+            conn = sqlite3.connect(f"{db_path.as_uri()}?mode=ro", uri=True)
+            try:
+                self._read_appstored(conn)
+            finally:
+                conn.close()
+
+    def _read_appstored(self, conn: sqlite3.Connection) -> None:
+        cur = conn.cursor()
+        # The account name sits in an opaque structure of every asset row.
+        try:
+            rows = cur.execute("SELECT sinfs_data FROM asset;").fetchall()
+        except sqlite3.DatabaseError as exc:
+            self.log.debug("Unable to read the asset table: %s", exc)
+            rows = []
+
+        for (sinfs_data,) in rows:
+            try:
+                sinf = plistlib.loads(sinfs_data)[0]["sinf"]
+            except (plistlib.InvalidFileException, IndexError, KeyError, TypeError):
+                continue
+            match = re.search(rb"name(.*?)\x00", sinf)
+            if match:
+                self.results["Account Name"] = match.group(1).decode(
+                    "utf-8", errors="replace"
+                )
+                break
+
+        try:
+            row = cur.execute(
+                "SELECT store_account_name FROM job_software "
+                "WHERE store_account_name IS NOT NULL LIMIT 1;"
+            ).fetchone()
+        except sqlite3.DatabaseError as exc:
+            self.log.debug("Unable to read the job_software table: %s", exc)
+            return
+
+        if row:
+            self.results["Email Address"] = row[0]
+
+    def _process_activation_log(self, file_path: str) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Found mobile activation request at: %s", file_path)
+        content = self._get_file_content(file_path)
+        match = re.search(rb"BODY:\s+({.+?})\s", content, re.MULTILINE)
+        if not match:
+            return
+
+        try:
+            body = json.loads(match.group(1))
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as exc:
+            self.log.warning("Unable to parse the activation request body: %s", exc)
+            return
+
+        self.results.update(
+            {
+                "SerialNumber": body.get("serial-number"),
+                "ProductType": body.get("productType"),
+                "ProductName": body.get("productName"),
+                "IMEI": body.get("imei"),
+                "ProductVersion": body.get("os-version"),
+                "UniqueIdentifier": body.get("udid"),
+                "MEID": body.get("meid"),
+                "BuildVersion": body.get("os-build"),
+            }
+        )
+
+    def _process_dumpstate(self, file_path: str) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Found remotectl dump state at: %s", file_path)
+        content = self._get_file_content(file_path).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        in_properties = False
+        for line in content.splitlines():
+            if not in_properties:
+                in_properties = line == "\tProperties: {"
+                continue
+
+            if line == "\t}":
+                break
+
+            key, separator, value = line.partition("=>")
+            if separator:
+                self.results[key.strip()] = value.strip()
+
+    def _process_sysdiagnose_log(self, file_path: str) -> None:
+        self.log.info("Found sysdiagnose.log at: %s", file_path)
+        content = self._get_file_content(file_path).decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+        match = re.search(r"sysdiagnose_\S+?\.tar\.gz", content)
+        if not match:
+            self.log.info("Could not find the original output path in sysdiagnose.log")
+            return
+
+        file_name = os.path.basename(match.group(0))
+        try:
+            created = datetime.strptime(
+                "_".join(file_name.split("_")[1:3]), "%Y.%m.%d_%H-%M-%S%z"
+            )
+        except ValueError:
+            self.log.warning("Unexpected sysdiagnose file name: %s", file_name)
+            return
+
+        self.results["OriginalFilename"] = file_name
+        self.results["CreatedTimestamp"] = convert_datetime_to_iso(created)
+
+    def run(self) -> None:
+        for file_path in self._get_files_by_pattern(
+            "*/logs/appinstallation/appstored.sqlitedb"
+        ):
+            self._process_appstored(file_path)
+
+        for file_path in self._get_files_by_pattern(
+            "*/logs/MobileActivation/collection_oob_request.txt"
+        ):
+            self._process_activation_log(file_path)
+
+        for file_path in self._get_files_by_pattern("*/remotectl_dumpstate.txt"):
+            self._process_dumpstate(file_path)
+
+        for file_path in self._get_files_by_pattern("*/sysdiagnose.log"):
+            self._process_sysdiagnose_log(file_path)
+
+        # The activation request names the product "iPhone OS"; the model
+        # description is what an analyst wants to read.
+        product_name = get_device_desc_from_id(self.results.get("ProductType", ""))
+        if product_name:
+            self.results["ProductName"] = product_name
+
+        for field in LOGGED_FIELDS:
+            if field not in self.results:
+                continue
+            value = self.results[field]
+            if field == "BuildVersion" and value:
+                self.log.info("%s: %s - %s", field, value, find_version_by_build(value))
+            else:
+                self.log.info("%s: %s", field, value)
+
+        if self.results.get("BuildVersion"):
+            is_ios_version_outdated(self.results["BuildVersion"], self.log)

tests/android/test_artifact_settings.py

@@ -0,0 +1,170 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2023 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+from mvt.android.artifacts.settings import Settings
+
+from ..utils import get_artifact
+
+
+def parse_bugreport_settings() -> Settings:
+    settings = Settings()
+    with open(get_artifact("android_data/bugreport/dumpstate.txt")) as handle:
+        data = handle.read()
+
+    settings.parse(settings.extract_dumpsys_section(data, "DUMP OF SERVICE settings:"))
+    return settings
+
+
+def find(settings: Settings, name: str) -> list:
+    return [result for result in settings.results if result["name"] == name]
+
+
+class TestSettingsArtifact:
+    def test_parsing(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        assert len(settings.results) == 12
+        assert {result["namespace"] for result in settings.results} == {
+            "config",
+            "global",
+            "secure",
+        }
+        assert settings.results[0] == {
+            "namespace": "config",
+            "user": "0",
+            "_id": "682",
+            "name": "namespace_one/blocked_components",
+            "pkg": "com.example.services",
+            "value": (
+                "com.android.settings,com.android.vending,\n"
+                "com.example.dialer,\n"
+                "com.example.camera"
+            ),
+            "default": (
+                "com.android.settings,\n"
+                "        com.android.vending,\n"
+                "        com.example.dialer"
+            ),
+            "defaultSystemSet": "false",
+            "history": [],
+        }
+
+    def test_multiline_values_are_kept_whole(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        assert find(settings, "namespace_one/allowed_packages")[0]["value"] == (
+            "com.example.messaging,\ncom.example.chat"
+        )
+        assert find(settings, "widget_instance_data")[0]["value"] == (
+            '{\n  "version": 1,\n  "data": [\n    {\n      "number": 10000,\n'
+            '      "package_name": "com.example.widget"\n    }\n  ]\n}'
+        )
+
+    def test_trailing_default_is_not_part_of_the_value(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        record = find(settings, "namespace_one/streaming_blocked_components")[0]
+        assert record["value"] == "com.example.dialer,com.example.camera"
+        assert record["default"] == "com.android.settings,\n        com.android.vending"
+
+    def test_trailing_metadata_is_not_part_of_the_value(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        record = find(settings, "lock_screen_show_notifications")[0]
+        assert record["value"] == "1"
+        assert record["defaultSystemSet"] == "true"
+        assert record["isValuePreservedInRestore"] == "true"
+
+        # Without a default, the tag or the restore token follows the value.
+        record = find(settings, "accessibility_enabled")[1]
+        assert record["value"] == "0"
+        assert record["tag"] == "null"
+        assert "default" not in record
+
+        record = find(settings, "send_action_app_error")[0]
+        assert record["value"] == "1"
+        assert record["isValuePreservedInRestore"] == "false"
+
+    def test_dumps_after_the_last_block_are_not_part_of_the_last_row(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        assert settings.results[-1] == {
+            "namespace": "secure",
+            "user": "10",
+            "_id": "311",
+            "name": "accessibility_enabled",
+            "pkg": "android",
+            "value": "0",
+            "tag": "null",
+            "history": [],
+        }
+
+    def test_repeated_names_are_kept_as_separate_records(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        widgets = find(settings, "widget_instance_data")
+        assert [record["_id"] for record in widgets] == ["771", "41654"]
+
+        accessibility = find(settings, "accessibility_enabled")
+        assert [(record["user"], record["value"]) for record in accessibility] == [
+            ("0", "1"),
+            ("10", "0"),
+        ]
+
+    def test_setting_without_recording_package(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        record = find(settings, "hidden_api_blacklist_exemptions")[0]
+        assert "pkg" not in record
+        assert record["value"] == "{null}"
+
+    def test_history_timestamps_resolved_against_section_end(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+
+        # The section was dumped on 2022-03-29, so an 11-02 entry belongs to
+        # the previous year and an 03-14 entry to the same year.
+        assert find(settings, "development_settings_enabled")[0]["history"] == [
+            {
+                "timestamp": "2021-11-02 11:21:22.212000",
+                "oldValue": "null",
+                "newValue": "1",
+                "pkg": "com.android.settings",
+            },
+            {
+                "timestamp": "2022-03-14 09:02:11.100000",
+                "oldValue": "1",
+                "newValue": "0",
+                "pkg": "com.example.updater",
+            },
+        ]
+
+    def test_history_without_a_section_end_has_no_timestamp(self):
+        settings = Settings()
+        settings.parse(
+            "SECURE SETTINGS (user 0)\n"
+            "_id:240 name:accessibility_enabled pkg:android value:1\n"
+            "\tHistory (accessibility_enabled)\n"
+            "\t\ttime:03-28 22:41:07.980 mode:update oldValue:0 newValue:1 "
+            "package:com.example.helper\n"
+        )
+
+        assert settings.results[0]["history"] == [
+            {
+                "timestamp": None,
+                "oldValue": "0",
+                "newValue": "1",
+                "pkg": "com.example.helper",
+            }
+        ]
+
+    def test_dangerous_setting_is_detected_with_the_changing_package(self):
+        settings = parse_bugreport_settings()
+        settings.check_indicators()
+
+        assert len(settings.alertstore.alerts) == 1
+        alert = settings.alertstore.alerts[0]
+        assert "accessibility_enabled = 1" in alert.message
+        assert alert.event_time == "2022-03-28 22:41:07.980000"
+        assert alert.event["history"][0]["pkg"] == "com.example.helper"

tests/android_androidqf/test_settings.py

@@ -6,27 +6,12 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from mvt.android.modules.androidqf.aqf_settings import AQFSettings
-from mvt.android.artifacts.settings import Settings
 from mvt.common.module import run_module
 
 from ..utils import get_android_androidqf, list_files
 
 
 class TestSettingsModule:
-    def test_bugreport_settings_format(self):
-        settings = Settings()
-        settings.parse(
-            "GLOBAL SETTINGS (user 0)\n"
-            "_id:1 name:adb_wifi_enabled pkg:android value:0 default:0 defaultSystemSet:true\n"
-            "SECURE SETTINGS (user 10)\n"
-            "_id:2 name:accessibility_enabled pkg:android value:1\n"
-        )
-
-        assert settings.results == {
-            "global:user_0": {"adb_wifi_enabled": "0"},
-            "secure:user_10": {"accessibility_enabled": "1"},
-        }
-
     def test_parsing(self):
         data_path = get_android_androidqf()
         m = AQFSettings(target_path=data_path)
@@ -34,7 +19,13 @@ class TestSettingsModule:
         parent_path = Path(data_path).absolute().parent.as_posix()
         m.from_dir(parent_path, files)
         run_module(m)
-        assert len(m.results) == 1
-        assert "random" in m.results.keys()
+        assert len(m.results) == 9
+        assert {result["namespace"] for result in m.results} == {"random"}
+        assert m.results[0] == {
+            "namespace": "random",
+            "user": None,
+            "name": "samsung_errorlog_agree",
+            "value": "0",
+        }
         assert len(m.alertstore.alerts) == 1
         assert "samsung_errorlog_agree" in m.alertstore.alerts[0].message

tests/android_bugreport/test_bugreport.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.dumpsys_appops import DumpsysAppops
 from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.dumpsys_getprop import DumpsysGetProp
 from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.dumpsys_packages import DumpsysPackages
 from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.dumpsys_receivers import DumpsysReceivers
+from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.settings import Settings
 from mvt.android.modules.bugreport.tombstones import Tombstones
 from mvt.common.module import run_module
 
@@ -93,6 +94,25 @@ class TestBugreportAnalysis:
         assert alert.event == malicious_receiver
         assert alert.matched_indicator.value == "com.android.services"
 
+    def test_settings_module(self):
+        m = self.launch_bug_report_module(Settings)
+        assert len(m.results) == 12
+
+        assert len(m.alertstore.alerts) == 1
+        assert "accessibility_enabled = 1" in m.alertstore.alerts[0].message
+
+        assert len(m.timeline) == 3
+        change = [
+            entry
+            for entry in m.timeline
+            if entry["timestamp"] == "2022-03-28 22:41:07.980000"
+        ][0]
+        assert change["event"] == "settings_change"
+        assert change["data"] == (
+            'secure setting "accessibility_enabled" changed from "0" to "1" '
+            "by com.example.helper"
+        )
+
     def test_tombstones_modules(self):
         m = self.launch_bug_report_module(Tombstones)
         assert len(m.results) == 2

tests/artifacts/android_data/bugreport/dumpstate.txt

@@ -264,5 +264,53 @@ ChangeId(143539591; name=SELINUX_LATEST_CHANGES; disabled)
 ChangeId(247079863; name=DISALLOW_INVALID_GROUP_REFERENCE; enableSinceTargetSdk=34)
 ChangeId(174227820; name=FORCE_DISABLE_HEVC_SUPPORT; disabled)
 ChangeId(168419799; name=DOWNSCALED; disabled; packageOverrides={com.google.android.apps.tachyon=false, org.torproject.torbrowser=false}; rawOverrides={org.torproject.torbrowser=false, org.article19.circulo.next=false}; overridable)
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+DUMP OF SERVICE settings:
+CONFIG SETTINGS (user 0)
+_id:682 name:namespace_one/blocked_components pkg:com.example.services value:com.android.settings,com.android.vending,
+com.example.dialer,
+com.example.camera default:com.android.settings,
+        com.android.vending,
+        com.example.dialer defaultSystemSet:false
+_id:684 name:namespace_one/streaming_blocked_components pkg:com.example.services value:com.example.dialer,com.example.camera default:com.android.settings,
+        com.android.vending defaultSystemSet:false
+_id:680 name:namespace_one/allowed_packages pkg:com.example.services value:com.example.messaging,
+com.example.chat
 
+GLOBAL SETTINGS (user 0)
+_id:2070 name:adb_wifi_enabled pkg:android value:0 default:0 defaultSystemSet:true
+_id:778 name:hidden_api_blacklist_exemptions value:{null}
+_id:9640 name:send_action_app_error pkg:android value:1 notPreservedInRestore
+_id:9631 name:development_settings_enabled pkg:com.android.settings value:1 default:1 defaultSystemSet:true
+	History (development_settings_enabled)
+		time:11-02 11:21:22.212 mode:update oldValue:null newValue:1 package:com.android.settings
+		time:03-14 09:02:11.100 mode:update oldValue:1 newValue:0 package:com.example.updater
+_id:771 name:widget_instance_data pkg:com.android.systemui value:{
+  "version": 1,
+  "data": [
+    {
+      "number": 10000,
+      "package_name": "com.example.widget"
+    }
+  ]
+} defaultSystemSet:true
+_id:41654 name:widget_instance_data pkg:com.android.systemui value:{
+  "version": 3,
+  "data": []
+} defaultSystemSet:true
 
+SECURE SETTINGS (user 0)
+_id:907 name:lock_screen_show_notifications pkg:com.android.settings value:1 default:1 defaultSystemSet:true isValuePreservedInRestore:true
+_id:240 name:accessibility_enabled pkg:android value:1 default:0 defaultSystemSet:true
+	History (accessibility_enabled)
+		time:03-28 22:41:07.980 mode:update oldValue:0 newValue:1 package:com.example.helper
+
+SECURE SETTINGS (user 10)
+_id:311 name:accessibility_enabled pkg:android value:0 tag:null
+
+GENERATION REGISTRY
+Maximum number of backing stores:8
+Number of backing stores:1
+_Backing store for type:SETTINGS_SECURE user:10 size:1024 cachedEntries:1
+
+--------- 0.019s was the duration of dumpsys settings, ending at: 2022-03-29 23:14:28

tests/common/test_command.py

@@ -5,8 +5,13 @@
 
 import json
 import logging
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import pytest
+from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from mvt.common.command import Command
+from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
 from mvt.common.module import MVTModule
 
 
@@ -197,6 +202,86 @@ class RecordingCommand(Command):
 
 
 class TestCommand:
+    def test_listing_modules_does_not_load_indicators(self):
+        with patch("mvt.common.command.Indicators.load_indicators_files") as load:
+            cmd = RecordingCommand()
+            cmd.list_modules()
+            load.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_output_folder_is_created_by_a_run_not_by_listing(self, tmp_path):
+        output_path = tmp_path / "out"
+        with patch("mvt.common.command.Indicators.load_indicators_files"):
+            cmd = RecordingCommand(results_path=str(output_path))
+            cmd.list_modules()
+            assert not output_path.exists()
+            cmd.run()
+        assert (output_path / "command.log").is_file()
+
+    def test_indicators_load_once_and_are_shared(self, indicator_file, monkeypatch):
+        from mvt.common.config import settings
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "STIX2", "")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(Indicators, "_load_downloaded_indicators", lambda self: None)
+        original = Indicators.load_indicators_files
+        with patch.object(
+            Indicators, "load_indicators_files", autospec=True, side_effect=original
+        ) as load:
+            cmd = RecordingCommand(ioc_files=[indicator_file])
+            load.assert_not_called()
+            indicators = cmd.iocs
+            assert indicators.total_ioc_count == 9
+            assert len(indicators.ioc_collections) == 1
+            assert cmd.iocs is indicators
+            child = RecordingCommand(iocs=indicators)
+            assert child.iocs is indicators
+            load.assert_called_once_with(indicators, [indicator_file])
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("assign", [False, True])
+    def test_supplied_empty_indicators_are_not_loaded(self, assign):
+        indicators = Indicators(logging.getLogger(__name__))
+        with patch.object(Indicators, "load_indicators_files") as load:
+            cmd = RecordingCommand(iocs=None if assign else indicators)
+            if assign:
+                cmd.iocs = indicators
+            assert cmd.iocs is indicators
+            assert cmd.iocs.total_ioc_count == 0
+            load.assert_not_called()
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("list_modules", [False, True])
+    def test_backup_cli_does_not_load_indicators_before_analysis(
+        self, tmp_path, list_modules
+    ):
+        from mvt.ios.cli import check_backup
+
+        args = [str(tmp_path)]
+        if list_modules:
+            args.insert(0, "--list-modules")
+        with patch.object(Indicators, "load_indicators_files") as load:
+            result = CliRunner().invoke(check_backup, args)
+            assert result.exit_code == (0 if list_modules else 1)
+            load.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_run_checks_synthetic_indicators(self, indicator_file, monkeypatch):
+        from mvt.common.config import settings
+
+        monkeypatch.setattr(settings, "STIX2", "")
+        monkeypatch.setattr(Indicators, "_load_downloaded_indicators", lambda self: None)
+
+        class MatchingModule(RecordingModule):
+            def run(self):
+                self.results = ["https://example.org/test"]
+
+            def check_indicators(self):
+                self.detected = [
+                    url for url in self.results if self.indicators.check_domain(url)
+                ]
+
+        cmd = RecordingCommand(ioc_files=[indicator_file])
+        cmd.modules = [MatchingModule]
+        cmd.run()
+        assert cmd.executed[0].detected == ["https://example.org/test"]
+        assert cmd.executed[0].indicators is cmd.iocs
+
     def setup_method(self):
         RecordingModule.run_order = []
 
@@ -213,6 +298,21 @@ class TestCommand:
         alerts = json.loads((tmp_path / "alerts.json").read_text())
         assert alerts[0]["event"]["payload"] == "\\xa8\\xa9"
 
+    def test_records_time_and_memory_per_module(self, tmp_path):
+        cmd = RecordingCommand(results_path=str(tmp_path))
+        cmd.modules = [FirstModule, SecondModule]
+
+        cmd.run()
+
+        info = json.loads((tmp_path / "info.json").read_text())
+        assert [stat["module"] for stat in info["module_stats"]] == [
+            "FirstModule",
+            "SecondModule",
+        ]
+        for stat in info["module_stats"]:
+            assert stat["seconds"] >= 0
+            assert stat["peak_rss_growth_mb"] >= 0
+
     def test_stores_collected_urls(self, tmp_path):
         cmd = RecordingCommand(results_path=str(tmp_path))
         cmd.modules = [URLRecordingModule]

tests/common/test_command_modules.py

@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ from mvt.ios.command_modules import IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES
 from mvt.ios.modules.backup import BACKUP_MODULES as IOS_BACKUP_MODULES
 from mvt.ios.modules.fs import FS_MODULES
 from mvt.ios.modules.mixed import MIXED_MODULES
+from mvt.ios.modules.sysdiagnose import SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
 
 
 def test_the_check_iocs_lists_are_the_families_of_their_platform():
     # The CLI reads these same lists, so nothing composing one elsewhere can
     # drift from what the command runs. This pins what the lists are composed
     # of.
-    assert IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES == IOS_BACKUP_MODULES + FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES
+    assert IOS_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES == (
+        IOS_BACKUP_MODULES + FS_MODULES + MIXED_MODULES + SYSDIAGNOSE_MODULES
+    )
     assert ANDROID_CHECK_IOCS_MODULES == (
         ANDROID_BACKUP_MODULES
         + BUGREPORT_MODULES

tests/common/test_config.py

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import os
+
+import yaml
+
+from mvt.common import config
+from mvt.common.config import MVTSettings
+
+
+def test_env_variables_are_not_persisted_to_config_file(tmp_path, monkeypatch):
+    config_path = tmp_path / "config.yaml"
+    monkeypatch.setattr(config, "MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER", str(tmp_path))
+    monkeypatch.setattr(config, "MVT_CONFIG_PATH", str(config_path))
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MVT_NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED", "false")
+    monkeypatch.setenv("MVT_IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD", "env-only-password")
+
+    settings = MVTSettings.initialise()
+
+    assert os.path.isfile(config_path)
+    saved = yaml.safe_load(config_path.read_text()) or {}
+    assert "NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED" not in saved
+    assert "IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD" not in saved
+
+    # The environment must still apply to the settings in use.
+    assert settings.NETWORK_ACCESS_ALLOWED is False
+    assert settings.IOS_BACKUP_PASSWORD == "env-only-password"

tests/conftest.py

@@ -3,20 +3,26 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+import atexit
 import logging
 import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
 
 import pytest
 
-from mvt.common.cli_plugins import (
-    MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
-    MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
-    MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
-)
-from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
-
 from .artifacts.generate_stix import generate_test_stix_file
 
+# The suite must neither read nor write the developer's own MVT settings,
+# downloaded indicators or update-check state, and mvt.common.config saves
+# the settings file as soon as it is imported. Both folders are redirected
+# before any mvt module is imported, which is why this file imports none at
+# the top; the subprocesses the tests start inherit the variables.
+MVT_TEST_HOME = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="mvt-tests-")
+atexit.register(shutil.rmtree, MVT_TEST_HOME, ignore_errors=True)
+os.environ["MVT_CONFIG_FOLDER"] = os.path.join(MVT_TEST_HOME, "config")
+os.environ["MVT_DATA_FOLDER"] = os.path.join(MVT_TEST_HOME, "data")
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session", autouse=True)
 def indicator_file(request, tmp_path_factory):
@@ -47,6 +53,8 @@ def indicators_factory(indicator_file):
         android_property_names=[],
         files_sha256=[],
     ):
+        from mvt.common.indicators import Indicators
+
         ind = Indicators(log=logging.getLogger())
         ind.parse_stix2(indicator_file)
 
@@ -77,6 +85,11 @@ def restore_cli_commands(monkeypatch):
     """
     from mvt.android.cli import cli as android_cli
     from mvt.cli import cli as neutral_cli
+    from mvt.common.cli_plugins import (
+        MVT_ANDROID_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+        MVT_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+        MVT_IOS_CUSTOM_COMMANDS_ENV,
+    )
     from mvt.ios.cli import cli as ios_cli
 
     groups = (neutral_cli, ios_cli, android_cli)

tests/ios_sysdiagnose/__init__.py

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/

tests/ios_sysdiagnose/test_sysdiagnose_info.py

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+# Mobile Verification Toolkit (MVT)
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2026 The MVT Authors.
+# Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
+#   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
+
+import json
+import plistlib
+import sqlite3
+import tarfile
+
+from mvt.common.module import run_module
+from mvt.ios.cmd_check_sysdiagnose import CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose
+from mvt.ios.modules.sysdiagnose.sysdiagnose_info import SysdiagnoseInfo
+from mvt.ios.versions import get_device_desc_from_id
+
+# The name sysdiagnose gives its archive: the time it ran, then the OS and build.
+ARCHIVE_NAME = "sysdiagnose_2024.01.02_03-04-05+0200_iPhone-OS_iPhone_21C62"
+
+DUMPSTATE = (
+    "Found device: ...\n"
+    "\tProperties: {\n"
+    "\t\tProductType => iPhone12,1\n"
+    "\t\tOSVersion => 17.2\n"
+    "\t\tSerialNumber => C0FFEE000000\n"
+    "\t\tRegionCode => LL\n"
+    "\t}\n"
+    "\tServices: {\n"
+    "\t\tcom.apple.example => ignored\n"
+    "\t}\n"
+)
+
+ACTIVATION_BODY = {
+    "serial-number": "C0FFEE000000",
+    "productType": "iPhone12,1",
+    "productName": "iPhone OS",
+    "imei": "000000000000000",
+    "os-version": "17.2",
+    "os-build": "21C62",
+    "udid": "00000000-0000000000000000",
+    "meid": "00000000000000",
+}
+
+
+def make_sysdiagnose(tmp_path, activation_body=None):
+    folder = tmp_path / ARCHIVE_NAME
+    folder.mkdir()
+    (folder / "sysdiagnose.log").write_text(
+        f"Output available at '/private/var/tmp/{ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz'\n",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    (folder / "remotectl_dumpstate.txt").write_text(DUMPSTATE, encoding="utf-8")
+
+    activation = folder / "logs" / "MobileActivation"
+    activation.mkdir(parents=True)
+    body = json.dumps(
+        activation_body if activation_body is not None else ACTIVATION_BODY
+    )
+    (activation / "collection_oob_request.txt").write_text(
+        f"HEADERS: {{}}\nBODY: {body}\nEND\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+
+    appinstallation = folder / "logs" / "appinstallation"
+    appinstallation.mkdir(parents=True)
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(appinstallation / "appstored.sqlitedb")
+    conn.execute("CREATE TABLE asset (sinfs_data BLOB)")
+    conn.execute(
+        "INSERT INTO asset VALUES (?)",
+        (plistlib.dumps([{"sinf": b"\x00\x10nameExample Person\x00\x00rest"}]),),
+    )
+    conn.execute("CREATE TABLE job_software (store_account_name TEXT)")
+    conn.execute("INSERT INTO job_software VALUES (NULL)")
+    conn.execute("INSERT INTO job_software VALUES ('person@example.com')")
+    conn.commit()
+    conn.close()
+    return folder
+
+
+def run_command(target, results_path=None):
+    command = CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(target_path=str(target), results_path=results_path)
+    command.run()
+    (module,) = [m for m in command.executed if isinstance(m, SysdiagnoseInfo)]
+    return module
+
+
+def test_device_details_from_a_sysdiagnose_folder(tmp_path):
+    results_path = tmp_path / "results"
+    results_path.mkdir()
+    module = run_command(make_sysdiagnose(tmp_path), str(results_path))
+
+    assert module.results["SerialNumber"] == "C0FFEE000000"
+    assert module.results["ProductType"] == "iPhone12,1"
+    assert module.results["ProductName"] == get_device_desc_from_id("iPhone12,1")
+    assert module.results["ProductName"] != "iPhone OS"
+    assert module.results["OSVersion"] == "17.2"
+    assert module.results["BuildVersion"] == "21C62"
+    assert module.results["UniqueIdentifier"] == "00000000-0000000000000000"
+    assert module.results["RegionCode"] == "LL"
+    assert "com.apple.example" not in module.results
+    assert module.results["Account Name"] == "Example Person"
+    assert module.results["Email Address"] == "person@example.com"
+    assert module.results["OriginalFilename"] == f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+    assert module.results["CreatedTimestamp"] == "2024-01-02 01:04:05.000000"
+    assert (results_path / "sysdiagnose_info.json").exists()
+
+
+def test_device_details_from_a_sysdiagnose_archive(tmp_path):
+    folder = make_sysdiagnose(tmp_path)
+    archive_path = tmp_path / f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+    with tarfile.open(archive_path, "w:gz") as archive:
+        archive.add(folder, arcname=ARCHIVE_NAME)
+
+    module = run_command(archive_path)
+
+    assert module.results["SerialNumber"] == "C0FFEE000000"
+    assert module.results["Account Name"] == "Example Person"
+    assert module.results["OriginalFilename"] == f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}.tar.gz"
+
+
+def test_wal_sidecars_are_copied_beside_the_database(tmp_path):
+    folder = tmp_path / ARCHIVE_NAME
+    (folder / "logs").mkdir(parents=True)
+    (folder / "logs" / "db.sqlite").write_bytes(b"main")
+    (folder / "logs" / "db.sqlite-wal").write_bytes(b"wal")
+    module = SysdiagnoseInfo()
+    module.from_sysdiagnose_folder(
+        str(folder),
+        [f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}/logs/db.sqlite", f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}/logs/db.sqlite-wal"],
+    )
+    copies = tmp_path / "copies"
+    copies.mkdir()
+
+    db_path = module._copy_sqlite_db(f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}/logs/db.sqlite", str(copies))
+
+    assert db_path == str(copies / "db.sqlite")
+    assert (copies / "db.sqlite").read_bytes() == b"main"
+    assert (copies / "db.sqlite-wal").read_bytes() == b"wal"
+    assert not (copies / "db.sqlite-shm").exists()
+
+
+def test_a_sysdiagnose_without_the_files_yields_nothing(tmp_path):
+    folder = tmp_path / ARCHIVE_NAME
+    folder.mkdir()
+    (folder / "other.txt").write_text("nothing here", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    module = SysdiagnoseInfo()
+    module.from_sysdiagnose_folder(str(folder), [f"{ARCHIVE_NAME}/other.txt"])
+    run_module(module)
+
+    assert module.results == {}
+
+
+def test_a_malformed_activation_request_is_skipped(tmp_path):
+    folder = make_sysdiagnose(tmp_path)
+    (folder / "logs" / "MobileActivation" / "collection_oob_request.txt").write_text(
+        "BODY: {not json}\n", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+
+    module = run_command(folder)
+
+    assert "IMEI" not in module.results
+    assert module.results["SerialNumber"] == "C0FFEE000000"

tests/test_check_android_bugreport.py

@@ -3,11 +3,16 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
+import datetime
+import logging
 import os
+import shutil
+import zipfile
 
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from mvt.android.cli import check_bugreport
+from mvt.android.cmd_check_bugreport import CmdAndroidCheckBugreport
 
 from .utils import get_artifact_folder
 
@@ -28,3 +33,90 @@ class TestCheckBugreportCommand:
         assert result.exit_code == 1
         assert "Invalid bugreport archive" in result.output
         assert "Traceback" not in result.output
+
+
+PROPERTIES = (
+    "------ SYSTEM PROPERTIES (getprop) ------\n"
+    "[persist.sys.timezone]: [Africa/Nairobi]\n"
+    "------ 0.01s was the duration of 'SYSTEM PROPERTIES' ------\n"
+)
+TOMBSTONE = "android_data/bugreport/FS/data/tombstones/tombstone_00"
+
+
+def _bugreport_zip(tmp_path, dumpstate=PROPERTIES):
+    """A bugreport zip holding one tombstone written at 11:38:10 device time.
+
+    An even second: zip entry times have a two-second resolution.
+    """
+    path = tmp_path / "bugreport.zip"
+    with open(os.path.join(get_artifact_folder(), TOMBSTONE), "rb") as handle:
+        tombstone = handle.read()
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(path, "w") as archive:
+        archive.writestr("main_entry.txt", "dumpstate.txt")
+        archive.writestr("dumpstate.txt", dumpstate)
+        entry = zipfile.ZipInfo(
+            "FS/data/tombstones/tombstone_00", date_time=(2023, 3, 10, 11, 38, 10)
+        )
+        archive.writestr(entry, tombstone)
+    return str(path)
+
+
+def _tombstone_timestamp(target, **options):
+    cmd = CmdAndroidCheckBugreport(
+        target_path=target,
+        module_name="Tombstones",
+        disable_version_check=True,
+        disable_indicator_check=True,
+        **options,
+    )
+    cmd.run()
+    return cmd, cmd.executed[0].results[0]["file_timestamp"]
+
+
+class TestCheckBugreportTimezone:
+    def test_zip_entry_times_are_read_in_the_device_timezone(self, tmp_path):
+        cmd, file_timestamp = _tombstone_timestamp(_bugreport_zip(tmp_path))
+
+        assert cmd.module_options["device_timezone"] == "Africa/Nairobi"
+        # 11:38:10 in Nairobi is 08:38:10 UTC.
+        assert file_timestamp == "2023-03-10 08:38:10.000000"
+
+    def test_timezone_option_wins_over_the_bugreport(self, tmp_path):
+        _, file_timestamp = _tombstone_timestamp(
+            _bugreport_zip(tmp_path), module_options={"device_timezone": "Europe/Paris"}
+        )
+
+        assert file_timestamp == "2023-03-10 10:38:10.000000"
+
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(
+            check_bugreport,
+            ["-t", "Europe/Paris", "-m", "Tombstones", _bugreport_zip(tmp_path)],
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0, result.output
+
+    def test_without_a_timezone_the_wall_clock_is_kept_and_a_warning_given(
+        self, tmp_path, caplog
+    ):
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="mvt"):
+            _, file_timestamp = _tombstone_timestamp(_bugreport_zip(tmp_path, ""))
+
+        assert file_timestamp == "2023-03-10 11:38:10.000000"
+        assert "persist.sys.timezone not found" in caplog.text
+
+    def test_unpacked_bugreport_warns_and_reads_mtimes_as_utc(self, tmp_path, caplog):
+        unpacked = tmp_path / "bugreport"
+        shutil.copytree(
+            os.path.join(get_artifact_folder(), "android_data/bugreport"), unpacked
+        )
+        instant = datetime.datetime(
+            2023, 3, 10, 8, 38, 11, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc
+        ).timestamp()
+        for name in ("tombstone_00", "tombstone_01"):
+            os.utime(unpacked / "FS" / "data" / "tombstones" / name, (instant, instant))
+
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="mvt"):
+            _, file_timestamp = _tombstone_timestamp(str(unpacked))
+
+        assert "unpacked bugreport" in caplog.text
+        # Whatever the zone of the machine running the analysis.
+        assert file_timestamp == "2023-03-10 08:38:11.000000"

tests/test_check_ios_backup.py

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ class TestCheckBackupCommand:
         result = runner.invoke(check_backup, [path])
         assert result.exit_code == 0
 
+    def test_check_logs_the_backup_path_to_the_command_log(self, tmp_path):
+        path = get_ios_backup_folder()
+        output_path = tmp_path / "out"
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(check_backup, ["--output", str(output_path), path])
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        command_log = (output_path / "command.log").read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+        assert f"Checking iTunes backup located at: {path}" in command_log
+
     def test_check_finds_backup_in_subfolder(self, tmp_path, caplog):
         runner = CliRunner()
         backup_path = tmp_path / "MobileSync" / "Backup" / "device-id"

tests/test_check_ios_sysdiagnose.py

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+import logging
+import os
+import tarfile
+
 from click.testing import CliRunner
 
 from mvt.ios.cli import check_sysdiagnose
@@ -50,8 +54,39 @@ def test_check_sysdiagnose_runs_explicitly_scoped_custom_module(tmp_path):
     assert (output_path / "custom_sysdiagnose_module.json").exists()
 
 
-def test_check_sysdiagnose_requires_an_explicitly_scoped_module(tmp_path):
-    result = CliRunner().invoke(check_sysdiagnose, [str(_create_sysdiagnose_folder(tmp_path))])
+def test_check_sysdiagnose_warns_without_a_custom_module(tmp_path, caplog):
+    # The built-in SysdiagnoseInfo alone performs no check, so the run goes
+    # ahead but says so.
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.WARNING, logger="mvt"):
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(
+            check_sysdiagnose, [str(_create_sysdiagnose_folder(tmp_path))]
+        )
 
-    assert result.exit_code != 0
-    assert "No custom modules support mvt-ios check-sysdiagnose" in result.output
+    assert result.exit_code == 0
+    assert "No forensic sysdiagnose modules have been loaded" in caplog.text
+
+
+def _create_truncated_sysdiagnose_archive(tmp_path):
+    folder = tmp_path / "sysdiagnose_2026.01.01_00-00-00+0000_iPhone-OS_iPhone_23A000"
+    folder.mkdir()
+    (folder / "sysdiagnose.log").write_bytes(os.urandom(200_000))
+    archive = tmp_path / "sysdiagnose.tar.gz"
+    with tarfile.open(archive, "w:gz") as tar:
+        tar.add(folder, arcname=folder.name)
+    data = archive.read_bytes()
+    archive.write_bytes(data[: len(data) // 2])
+    return archive
+
+
+def test_check_sysdiagnose_reports_a_truncated_archive(tmp_path, caplog):
+    # A download that stopped halfway ends in EOFError from gzip, which Click
+    # would otherwise turn into a bare "Aborted!" with no reason given.
+    archive = _create_truncated_sysdiagnose_archive(tmp_path)
+
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.CRITICAL, logger="mvt"):
+        result = CliRunner().invoke(check_sysdiagnose, [str(archive)])
+
+    assert result.exit_code == 1
+    assert "Unable to read the sysdiagnose archive" in caplog.text
+    assert "truncated" in caplog.text
+    assert "Aborted!" not in result.output

tests/test_cmd_check_sysdiagnose.py

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ def _create_sysdiagnose_folder(tmp_path):
         "sysdiagnose_2024.01.02_03-04-05+0200.tar.gz", encoding="utf-8"
     )
     (folder / "report.ips").write_text('{"bug_type": 210}\nbody', encoding="utf-8")
+    (folder / "._artifact.txt").write_bytes(b"\x00\x05\x16\x07AppleDouble")
     return folder
 
 
@@ -45,6 +46,11 @@ def _create_sysdiagnose_archive(tmp_path, folder):
     return archive_path
 
 
+def _test_module(command):
+    (module,) = [m for m in command.executed if isinstance(m, SysdiagnoseTestModule)]
+    return module
+
+
 def _run_command(path):
     command = CmdIOSCheckSysdiagnose(
         target_path=str(path), custom_modules=[SysdiagnoseTestModule]
@@ -56,30 +62,30 @@ def _run_command(path):
 def test_check_sysdiagnose_from_folder(tmp_path):
     command = _run_command(_create_sysdiagnose_folder(tmp_path))
 
-    assert command.executed[0].results == [
+    assert _test_module(command).results == [
         {"content": "artifact", "timezone_offset": timedelta(hours=2).seconds}
     ]
-    assert command.executed[0].ips_files == [
+    assert _test_module(command).ips_files == [
         {"file_path": str(tmp_path / "sysdiagnose" / "report.ips"), "bug_type": 210}
     ]
+    assert "sysdiagnose/._artifact.txt" not in command.sysdiagnose_files
 
 
 def test_check_sysdiagnose_from_archive_closes_archive(tmp_path):
     folder = _create_sysdiagnose_folder(tmp_path)
     command = _run_command(_create_sysdiagnose_archive(tmp_path, folder))
 
-    assert command.executed[0].results == [
+    assert _test_module(command).results == [
         {"content": "artifact", "timezone_offset": timedelta(hours=2).seconds}
     ]
-    assert command.executed[0].ips_files == [
+    assert _test_module(command).ips_files == [
         {
-            "file_path": str(
-                Path(command.extracted_sysdiagnose_path) / "report.ips"
-            ),
+            "file_path": str(Path(command.extracted_sysdiagnose_path) / "report.ips"),
             "bug_type": 210,
         }
     ]
     assert command.sysdiagnose_archive is None
+    assert "sysdiagnose/._artifact.txt" not in command.sysdiagnose_files
 
 
 def test_archive_is_extracted_once_and_unsafe_members_are_skipped(tmp_path):