Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 6 03 May 2026, 23:09

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 7:17.748 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
16.960
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 6.457
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.194
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 1.901 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.217
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.835 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1458 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
16.960
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 6.448
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.338
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.724 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.520
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.938 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.296
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.693 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.341
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 6.495
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.311
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.009
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.799 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.689
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.064 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.784
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.699 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.153
And I read the content of the test FS 0.370
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.924 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.327
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.711 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
53.820
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 6.459
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.306
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.578
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.652 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.287
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.727 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.488
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.609 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.584
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 1.778 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.446
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.612 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.949
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.948
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 6.425
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.295
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.950
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.447 
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 20.462 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1456 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.618
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:21.716
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 3:44.846
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.361
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 15.635
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.868 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.525
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009