Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 1 28 May 2026, 17:57

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 4:54.522 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
47.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 37.455
When I eject the boot medium 0.197
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.739
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.463
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.357
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.893
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.690
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 25.547
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.373 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.288
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.746
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.817 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.869
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.331
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 8.481
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.423
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.512
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.710
And I read the content of the test FS 0.086
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.467 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.248
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.712
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.689 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.819
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.264
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.111
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.488
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.385
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.213
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.015 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.232
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.183
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.574 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1470 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 4.148
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.176
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.539
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.398
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.557
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.095 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.354
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.617
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.679 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1516 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.934
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.229
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000