Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 3588 15 Nov 2024, 21:01

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 11:21.132 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
20.643
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.417
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.700
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.293
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.182 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.314
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.735 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.878
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
25.774
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.312
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.749
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.332 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 870 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.244
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.856 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.862
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.417 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 870 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.299
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
49.133
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.065
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.655
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 10.136
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.931 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.173
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.041 
Pattern coverage: 89.435% (114 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.456
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.196 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.494
And I read the content of the test FS 0.578
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.594 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.679
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.130 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 884 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 1.686
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:17.721
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.067
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.663
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 36.429
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.995 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 868 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.118
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.533 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.903
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.388 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 868 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 4.848
And I read the content of the test FS 0.433
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.334 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.860
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.142 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 868 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 0.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
52.029
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.093
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.798
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 16.739
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.969
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.609 
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 20.804 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 3.488
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
7:35.830
Before features/support/hooks.rb:269 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6:51.001
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.036
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 22.540
When I trigger shutdown 0.011
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.239 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 902 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:326 3.518
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012