Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 1 17 Jun 2025, 01:12

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 13:39.897 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
28.931
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.941
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.961
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.628
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 7.574 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.833
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 7.990 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.918
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
31.914
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.035
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.596
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.473 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.459
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.210 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.718
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 9.420 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.400
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:0.243
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.929
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.650
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 13.076
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.998 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.118
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 6.261 
Pattern coverage: 88.936% (113 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.755
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.655 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.227
And I read the content of the test FS 0.568
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.825 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.469
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 9.706 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.073
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:37.173
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.528
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.975
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 51.505
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.575 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.852
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.841 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.190
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.762 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.392
And I read the content of the test FS 0.471
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.651 
Pattern coverage: 106.117% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.719
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 9.707 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.628
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.059
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.855
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.150
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 16.178
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.657
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 5.751 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.054
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.411 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 892 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.661
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:5.574
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8:16.796
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.007
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 26.383
When I trigger shutdown 0.017
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.369 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013