Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 11 07 May 2026, 12:23

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 8:5.397 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
18.382
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.122
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.414
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.186
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.295 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.295
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.067 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.981
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
18.997
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.021
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.836 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.716
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.344 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.318
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.357 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.903
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
34.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.158
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.257
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.937 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.174
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.830 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.734
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.991 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.167
And I read the content of the test FS 0.418
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.019 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.354
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.034 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.284
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.004
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
59.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.021
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.324
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.580
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.317
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.867 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.707
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.786 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.663
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.089 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.469
And I read the content of the test FS 0.289
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.808 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.455
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.904 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 1.083
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.374
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.151
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.571
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 24.198
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.113
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.771 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.007
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.560 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.798
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:57.906
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 4:18.235
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.229
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.072 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1532 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.429
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.026