Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 5 02 May 2026, 23:29

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 7:44.054 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
20.638
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 6.579
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.545
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 4.273
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 1.907 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.622
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.711 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.835
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.406
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 6.788
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.329
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.706 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.617
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.894 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.330
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.738 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.978
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
35.700
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 6.655
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.390
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.295
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.711 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.232
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.056 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 4.032
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.695 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.199
And I read the content of the test FS 0.416
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.916 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.385
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.712 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.252
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
59.560
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 6.483
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.433
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.037
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.598 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.487
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.714 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.714
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.641 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.086
And I read the content of the test FS 0.267
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.792 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.620
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.683 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.033
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:9.806
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 6.543
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.626
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 14.236
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.491 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.013
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.509 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1483 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.779
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.941
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:41.454
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.307
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.250
When I trigger shutdown 0.004
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.923 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.842
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.008