Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 2 28 May 2026, 18:01

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 4:59.163 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
48.204
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 38.343
When I eject the boot medium 0.278
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.582
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.207
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.025
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 7.168
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.434
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 26.177
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.298 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.223
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.975
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.747 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1482 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.610
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.895
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.132
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.464
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.904
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.804
And I read the content of the test FS 0.098
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.535 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.299
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.937
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.718 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.970
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.739
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 7.267
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.388
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 22.649
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.309
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.430 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.321
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.763
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.556 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 4.088
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:8.297
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.443
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.413
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 19.749
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.460 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.341
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.776
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.547 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1526 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000