Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 2 20 Aug 2026, 13:36

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 4:36.716 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
45.803
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.528
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.094
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.499
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.115
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 6.373
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.323
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.729
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.919 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.199
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.811
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.758 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.483
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.263
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 6.680
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.167
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.812
And I read the content of the test FS 0.042
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.099 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.209
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.091
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.797 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.966
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.779
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 6.701
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.316
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.253
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.887
And I read the content of the test FS 0.072
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.109 
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 8.456
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.782 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.773
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:59.754
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 8.136
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.366
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.112
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.819 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.313
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.332
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.717 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1446 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000