Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-suite-options 16 02 Jul 2025, 21:33

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 15:4.392 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
34.310
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 13.688
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.588
When I start a process allocating 128 MiB of memory with a known pattern 1.414
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.452 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I kill the allocating process 0.917
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 5 seconds 14.248 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 860 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 0.803
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
35.080
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 8.693
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 2.244
And I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 8.382 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 862 MiB reference memory)
When I mount a 128 MiB tmpfs on "/mnt" and fill it with a known pattern 1.796
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.287 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I umount "/mnt" 0.431
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.244 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 862 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.577
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:8.057
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 10.035
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.671
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 15.029
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.843 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.011
Then patterns cover at least 75% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 11.976 
Pattern coverage: 85.085% (108 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.157
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 6.194 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 0.232
And I read the content of the test FS 0.534
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 10.078 
Pattern coverage: 100.596% (128 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.535
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 5.755 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.451
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.001
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:52.794
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 13.625
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.473
When I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 54.715
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 5.892 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 864 MiB reference memory)
# write cache
When I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.638
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.596 
Pattern coverage: 106.113% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 1.188
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.933 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 864 MiB reference memory)
# read cache
When I mount the USB drive again 6.627
And I read the content of the test FS 0.712
Then patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.208 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I umount the USB drive 0.683
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 3 seconds 10.497 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 864 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 1.290
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
1:0.048
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 8.820
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 1.643
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 19.216
# ensure the pattern is in memory due to tmpfs, not to disk cache
And I drop all kernel caches 5.746
Then patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.851 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I trigger shutdown 0.013
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 20.755 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 866 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.622
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @slow @not_release_blocker
9:54.101
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 8:59.854
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.511
When I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 31.369
When I trigger shutdown 0.140
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory after 20 seconds 22.226 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 901 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:330 3.575
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.013