Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 5 21 Jun 2025, 21:49

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 15:13.257 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
37.739
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.017
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.991
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.478
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 4.240
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 8.491 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.550
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 14.986 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 859 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
37.325
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 9.001
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.539
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.955 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.289
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.791 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.547
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.201 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 871 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.851
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:8.324
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 8.871
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.626
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 15.455
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.910 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 858 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.867
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 10.338 
Pattern coverage: 88.278% (112 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.821
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.704 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 858 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.242
And I read the content of the test FS 0.531
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 11.177 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.485
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.289 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 858 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.211
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:50.769
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 14.326
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.996
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 52.693
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.272 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 839 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.707
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.593 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.656
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 11.680 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 839 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 6.415
And I read the content of the test FS 0.382
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.925 
Pattern coverage: 106.116% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.576
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 12.541 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 839 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.559
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
59.999
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 9.793
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 3.163
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 15.447
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 5.782
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 4.631 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.025
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.156 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 863 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.732
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:59.098
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 9:13.444
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.577
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 23.989
When I trigger shutdown 0.013
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.073 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 897 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.026