Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21565-flatpak-safe 88 14 Oct 2026, 03:25

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 7:25.691 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
22.544
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.311
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.257
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.208
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 3.741 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.191
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 9.834 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1418 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
25.367
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.244
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.278
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.991 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1417 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.487
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 5.213 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.450
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.700 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1417 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
36.962
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.198
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.268
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.388
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.007 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.541
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.316 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.718
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.810 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.154
And I read the content of the test FS 0.625
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.847 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.408
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.676 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:0.212
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.149
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.263
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.452
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.557 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1408 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.126
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.638 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.480
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.546 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1408 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.028
And I read the content of the test FS 0.357
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.709 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.417
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.484 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1408 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.012
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
43.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.124
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.252
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.903
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.621
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.131 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.004
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.753 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1415 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.758
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:16.812
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 3:46.102
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.298
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.414
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.991 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1445 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.382
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.008