Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 6 22 Jun 2025, 21:00

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 14:34.098 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
34.168
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 8.649
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.652
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 3.692
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 6.181 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.558
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 13.432 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 888 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
30.052
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 9.148
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.443
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 6.564 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 2.639
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 4.446 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.498
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.312 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.027
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:6.229
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 12.758
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.418
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 12.460
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.640 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 865 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.319
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.610 
Pattern coverage: 89.230% (113 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.146
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.387 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 865 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.344
And I read the content of the test FS 0.924
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.546 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 2.061
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.610 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 865 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 2.132
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:51.214
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 9.692
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.722
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 58.745
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.985 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.274
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.022 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.747
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.349 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 9.463
And I read the content of the test FS 0.680
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.812 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (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 5.873 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 875 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.003
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:3.947
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.009
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 12.742
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.581
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 18.520
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 2.266
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 7.280 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.149
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 22.407 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 877 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.692
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:28.486
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 8:39.096
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.519
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 27.689
When I trigger shutdown 0.012
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 21.168 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 896 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 5.282
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.019