Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 3 28 May 2026, 18:09

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 4:58.321 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
42.271
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.420
When I eject the boot medium 0.274
Then Tails eventually shuts down 5.576
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.521
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.342
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.767
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 21.782
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.303 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.285
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.321
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.512 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1487 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.847
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.635
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.562
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.378
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.694
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.456
And I read the content of the test FS 0.067
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.122 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.273
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.486
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.594 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.517
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.279
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.013
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.725
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.436
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.546
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.194
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 1.998 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.516
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.591 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.838
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:10.792
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.502
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.373
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 17.784
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.056 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.324
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.333
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.641 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1541 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.775
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.615
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000