Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_make-cloner-findable-via-backup-keyword 6 26 Oct 2026, 02:49

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 7:43.224 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
20.681
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 6.450
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.209
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.950 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.876
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.890 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1390 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 1.030
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
22.431
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 6.255
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.051 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.670
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.700 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.483
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.866 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.728
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
37.598
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 6.152
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.301
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.421
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.817 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1394 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.719
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.222 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.679
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.984 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1394 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.200
And I read the content of the test FS 0.675
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.142 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.437
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.843 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1394 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.648
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:3.874
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 6.333
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.354
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.539
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.619 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.996
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.643 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.555
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.682 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.065
And I read the content of the test FS 0.389
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.692 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.567
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.433 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.828
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
45.178
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 6.596
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.462
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.593
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.299 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.007
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.893 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1396 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:33.460
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 4:2.322
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.247
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.666
When I trigger shutdown 0.005
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.217 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1435 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.009