Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 10 06 May 2026, 23:08

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 7:23.780 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
17.151
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.633
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.428
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.160
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 1.929 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.194
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.805 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.867
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 6.826
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.444
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.831 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.597
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.008 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.293
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.866 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.891
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.565
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.394
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.338
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.790 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.529
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.021 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.687
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.823 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.196
And I read the content of the test FS 0.441
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.933 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.364
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.675 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1509 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.420
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.512
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.529
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.389
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.654 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.401
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.793 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.459
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.621 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.614
And I read the content of the test FS 0.288
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.011 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.457
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.686 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.913
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.269
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.493
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.386
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.061
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.103
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.749 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.469 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.815
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:24.307
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:46.444
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 16.606
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.902 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009