Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 22 08 Jul 2025, 05:59

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 11:35.721 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
29.472
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.610
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.530
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.297
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 7.064 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 1.278
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 8.690 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
30.003
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 12.642
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.576
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.077 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 892 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.838
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.895 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.703
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.269 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 892 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
49.745
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 8.417
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.495
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.506
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.646 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.325
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.909 
Pattern coverage: 86.977% (110 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.119
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.177 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.217
And I read the content of the test FS 1.065
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.946 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.707
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.211 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.119
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:27.041
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 9.586
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 44.024
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.063 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 899 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.948
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.905 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.132
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.219 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 899 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.720
And I read the content of the test FS 0.652
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.392 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.579
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.374 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 899 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
51.811
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 8.871
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.477
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 16.062
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.062
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.430 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.040
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.866 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 894 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.566
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
7:27.647
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 6:43.145
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.540
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 22.712
When I trigger shutdown 0.013
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.237 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.526
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.011