Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21250-forbid-modify-self-memory 1 17 Aug 2026, 12:28

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 4:29.627 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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45.263
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.946
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.791
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.869
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.421
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.534
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.456 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.241
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.402
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.865 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.816
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.611
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 6.287
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.517
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.769
And I read the content of the test FS 0.076
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.403 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.206
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.244
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.768 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.439
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.063
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 6.611
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.344
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.742
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.879
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.025 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.285
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.282
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.844 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.695
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.896
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.511
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.722 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.329
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.759
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.793 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1503 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.562
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000