Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 3 19 Jun 2025, 01:24

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 20:21.027 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
28.400
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 8.462
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.694
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 3.115
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 7.578 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.276
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 8.272 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 888 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 4.079
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
35.797
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.033
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.137
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.630
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 7.111 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 890 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.676
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 5.190 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.501
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.549 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 890 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.731
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:9.039
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.039
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 14.080
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.510
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 15.457
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.844 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.581
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 9.828 
Pattern coverage: 90.256% (115 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.532
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.624 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.221
And I read the content of the test FS 0.693
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.885 
Pattern coverage: 100.682% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.445
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.331 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 882 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.425
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:54.302
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.149
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 3.550
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 57.589
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.673 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.038
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.842 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.691
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.809 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 5.835
And I read the content of the test FS 0.393
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.620 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 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 10.400 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 887 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.307
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:0.164
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 9.403
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.667
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 18.040
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 1.963
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 9.217 
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 20.857 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 878 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.808
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
15:13.324
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 14:22.717
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.467
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 25.874
When I trigger shutdown 0.238
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 24.026 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 889 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.780
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013