Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 14 30 Jun 2025, 21:12

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 14:44.560 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
30.828
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 9.103
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.659
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.874
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 10.403 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.287
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 8.499 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 874 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.139
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
36.077
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.010
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 10.849
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.440
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.402 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.755
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 12.019 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.492
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 7.116 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.809
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:7.882
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.038
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.948
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.658
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 13.987
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.756 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.524
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 7.294 
Pattern coverage: 89.405% (114 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.069
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.401 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.241
And I read the content of the test FS 0.630
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.444 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.510
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.414 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:35.670
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 9.040
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.370
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 43.567
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.481 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 885 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.895
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.245 
Pattern coverage: 101.664% (93 MiB out of 91 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 11.289 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 885 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 1.907
And I read the content of the test FS 0.622
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.820 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.689
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.498 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 885 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.940
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:1.338
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 8.959
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.518
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 18.706
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.688
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 9.707 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.051
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.705 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 874 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.553
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:52.762
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9:2.509
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.587
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 24.850
When I trigger shutdown 0.285
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 24.529 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 888 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.012