Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_stop-using-boum-org-addresses-with-autoreply 1 05 May 2026, 11:44

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 7:56.502 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
18.292
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 6.751
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.420
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.268
# Since Debian Trixie we only get 99.610% coverage (tails#21012)
Then patterns cover at least 127 MiB in the guest's memory 2.165 
Pattern coverage: 100.395% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.724
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 6.961 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.037
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
18.859
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.714
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.411
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.997 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.732
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.505 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.354
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.143 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.005
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
34.220
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 6.823
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.387
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.460
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.048 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.007
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.465 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.789
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.819 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.174
And I read the content of the test FS 0.496
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.235 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.384
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.126 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.128
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
56.102
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.963
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.412
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 26.481
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.798 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.573
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.190 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.640
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.000 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 3.530
And I read the content of the test FS 0.316
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.810 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.478
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 4.904 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1485 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 1.015
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:0.578
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 7.079
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.513
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 28.049
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.048
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.039 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.007
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.841 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.645
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
4:48.448
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 4:9.919
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.434
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.110
When I trigger shutdown 0.004
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.979 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.807
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013