Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21529-test-suite-vs-secure-boot-key-expiry 12 07 May 2026, 23:13

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 7:23.071 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
17.081
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.480
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.238
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.007 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.183
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.843 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.660
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
17.144
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.506
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.708 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.656
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.840 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.360
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.757 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.707
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.642
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 6.665
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.431
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.107
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.681 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.577
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 0.695
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.738 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.155
And I read the content of the test FS 0.411
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.948 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.349
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.823 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.567
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.995
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.621
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.422
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.671
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.763 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.365
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.890 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.507
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.609 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.900
And I read the content of the test FS 0.352
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.800 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.461
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.626 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.763
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
55.139
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.517
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.372
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 23.746
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.277
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 1.636 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.006
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.583 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.456
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.067
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:44.925
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 18.850
When I trigger shutdown 0.006
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.967 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.009