Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_17367-per-setting-dconf-persistence 13 11 Aug 2026, 23:03

Feature Report

Steps Scenarios Features
Feature Passed Failed Skipped Pending Undefined Total Passed Failed Total Duration Status
Emergency shutdown 36 0 0 0 0 36 5 0 5 4:33.656 Passed
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Feature Emergency shutdown
As a Tails user when I unplug my Tails device to trigger emergency shutdown I want the system memory to be free from sensitive data.
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45.436
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.263
When I eject the boot medium 0.151
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.319
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.979
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.361
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.346
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.327
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.966 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.188
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.048
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.739 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1453 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.568
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.551
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.358
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.240
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.684
And I read the content of the test FS 0.056
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.044 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.916
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.737 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1445 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.465
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.958
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.001
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.244
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.332
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.900
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.917
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.652 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.250
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.752
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.860 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1454 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.730
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.143
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.362
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.113
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.795 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.356
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.699
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.680 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1498 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.578
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.546
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000