Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 19 05 Jul 2025, 21:36

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 14:29.214 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
34.814
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 8.134
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.323
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 4.465
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 5.801 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.401
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 13.687 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 890 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.748
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
30.434
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.943
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.681
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.049 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.398
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.842 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.462
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.056 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.855
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:11.912
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.008
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 15.508
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.735
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 15.259
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.742 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 886 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.756
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 11.174 
Pattern coverage: 90.216% (115 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.539
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.220 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 886 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.197
And I read the content of the test FS 0.672
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 7.276 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.665
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.164 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 886 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.822
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:45.155
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 10.009
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.716
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 52.064
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.240 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 874 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.899
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.586 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.690
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.330 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 874 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 8.467
And I read the content of the test FS 0.727
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.188 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.542
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.691 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 874 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.886
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.275
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.850
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.698
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 15.748
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.574
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.684 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.012
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.706 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 878 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.000
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:30.621
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.012
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8:40.829
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.139
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 26.294
When I trigger shutdown 0.024
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.333 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012