Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 1 25 Aug 2026, 18:44

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 4:28.445 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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39.340
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 35.264
When I eject the boot medium 0.156
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.920
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.426
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
33.387
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 6.527
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.987
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.898 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.202
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.673
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.779 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.688
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.416
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 6.257
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.302
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.521
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.965
And I read the content of the test FS 0.100
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.072 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.053
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.929 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.619
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.424
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 6.520
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.307
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.606
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.944
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.908 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.236
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.114
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.741 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.677
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.875
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 8.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.464
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.776 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.575
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.838
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1508 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.601
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.471
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000