Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21761-reduce-chutney-memory-usage 1 11 Sep 2026, 17:03

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 4:28.353 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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39.090
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 35.033
When I eject the boot medium 0.139
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.916
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.213
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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32.365
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 6.218
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.370
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.966
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.015 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.252
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.759
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.782 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1400 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.626
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.564
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 6.184
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.294
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.202
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.503
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 3.295 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.087
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.740 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.068
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 6.307
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.318
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.566
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.897
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.623 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.174
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.381
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.744 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1402 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
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2:2.264
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 7.998
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 11.242
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.644 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.298
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.350
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.759 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1447 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.650
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.547
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000