Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 13 29 Jun 2025, 20:59

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 14:36.476 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
28.391
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 8.473
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.476
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 2.274
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 8.488 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.603
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 8.074 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 880 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.512
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
35.623
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.022
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.076
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.462
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.658 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 879 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 4.552
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 8.052 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.532
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.289 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 879 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.025
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:8.011
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 14.950
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.449
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 15.345
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.990 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.072
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.303 
Pattern coverage: 86.083% (109 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.453
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 8.663 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.258
And I read the content of the test FS 0.536
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.056 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.551
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.378 
Pattern coverage: 0.001% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.804
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:38.841
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.011
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.475
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.401
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 49.507
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.470 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.605
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.557 
Pattern coverage: 102.172% (93 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.995
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.175 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.996
And I read the content of the test FS 0.555
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.804 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.844
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.450 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.729
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:1.134
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 9.287
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.496
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 19.098
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.846
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 8.627 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.023
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.754 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.581
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:44.472
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 8:57.840
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.456
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 24.556
When I trigger shutdown 0.046
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.572 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 898 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.053