Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_make-cloner-findable-via-backup-keyword 2 22 Oct 2026, 02:46

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 7:50.453 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
20.403
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 6.538
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.255
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.856 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.639
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.788 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.900
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
32.727
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 18.352
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.400
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.787 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.684
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.338 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.457
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.706 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.987
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
37.800
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 6.343
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.302
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.896 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.829
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.200 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.824
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.769 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.192
And I read the content of the test FS 0.561
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.218 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 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 5.849 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.998
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.004
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:2.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.426
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.317
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.982
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.890 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1419 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.233
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 0.519
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.768 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1419 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.486
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 2.695 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.479
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.479 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1419 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.975
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.359
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 18.132
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.384
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.246
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.595
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.193 
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 20.798 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1388 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:20.815
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 3:48.550
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.260
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.856
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.142 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1452 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.407
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.010