Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-based-on-17367 4 08 Aug 2026, 09:14

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 4:33.564 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.
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
56.539
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 47.222
When I eject the boot medium 0.133
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.183
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.295
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.487
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 6.256
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.278
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.025
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.928 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.078
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.716 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1452 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.539
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.327
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 6.321
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.287
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.278
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.542
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.229 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.663
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.753 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.876
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.535
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 6.265
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.293
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.354
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.915
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.696 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.025
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.734 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1449 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.473
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:2.674
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 7.968
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.216
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.675 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.349
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.457
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.724 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.890
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.160
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000