Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_make-cloner-findable-via-backup-keyword 1 21 Oct 2026, 13:56

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 7:31.192 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
19.865
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 6.651
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
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 2.767 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.214
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.708 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.912
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
20.099
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 6.320
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.316
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.645 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1411 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.496
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.870 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.387
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.064 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1411 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.698
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
38.001
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 6.563
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.322
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.254
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.987 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.836
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.230 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.801
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.772 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.158
And I read the content of the test FS 0.536
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.981 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.462
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.094 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.789
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:4.086
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.426
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.288
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.196
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.614 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1404 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.191
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.733 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.506
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.464 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1404 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.876
And I read the content of the test FS 0.317
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.505 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.436
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.527 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1404 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.631
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
43.883
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 6.411
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.366
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.441
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.606
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.293 
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 20.758 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1410 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.685
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:25.255
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 3:53.760
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.282
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.037
When I trigger shutdown 0.007
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.167 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1447 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.436
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.049