Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 20 06 Jul 2025, 21:26

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 15:1.172 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
35.660
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 14.506
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.870
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.726
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.449 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.779
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 13.328 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 867 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.195
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
39.870
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.458
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.271
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.446 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.594
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.364 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.382
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 14.352 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:7.916
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 8.942
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.824
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 14.096
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 6.493 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 5.024
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.795 
Pattern coverage: 85.443% (109 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.242
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 13.034 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.287
And I read the content of the test FS 0.998
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.489 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.337
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.349 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.292
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.002
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:47.750
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.020
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.264
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.703
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 54.067
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.374 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 867 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.609
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.538 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.749
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.094 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 867 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.500
And I read the content of the test FS 0.544
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 6.633 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.442
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.226 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 867 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.560
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
58.737
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 13.502
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.564
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 18.036
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 3.474
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.414 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.014
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.730 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.548
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:51.235
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9:2.301
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.510
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 25.892
When I trigger shutdown 0.303
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 22.227 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 888 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.733
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.009