Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21014-htpdateerror 29 16 Jul 2025, 02:29

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
System memory erasure on shutdown 51 0 0 0 0 51 6 0 6 16:2.700 Passed
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
54.263
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 24.349
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.914
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.639
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 10.737 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 1.143
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 14.478 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
42.380
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.872
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.497
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 11.269 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 885 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.196
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.485 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.871
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 13.188 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 885 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.844
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:10.571
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 12.111
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.564
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 11.617
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.986 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.984
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.168 
Pattern coverage: 93.614% (119 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.202
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.618 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.405
And I read the content of the test FS 1.236
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.710 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.671
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 9.291 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.813
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:45.562
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.887
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.608
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 52.811
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.831 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.209
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 5.881 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.170
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.837 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.148
And I read the content of the test FS 0.458
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.017 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.326
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.373 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:1.919
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 13.709
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.534
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 16.431
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 3.825
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 5.552 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.020
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.846 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 879 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.753
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
10:28.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9:37.298
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.499
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 24.208
When I trigger shutdown 0.056
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 25.939 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 893 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.861
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012