Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_tails-circumvention-settings-developers-doc 2 25 Aug 2026, 21:23

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 4:11.821 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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39.830
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.760
When I eject the boot medium 0.158
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.911
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.460
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.496
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 6.249
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.268
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 14.088
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.890 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.079
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.699 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1477 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.502
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.504
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 6.382
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.277
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.079
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.461
And I read the content of the test FS 0.062
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 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.153
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.800 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1472 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.497
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.465
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 6.202
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.316
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.786
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.858
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.752 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.192
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.570
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.742 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.613
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.524
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.232
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.296
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.367
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.717 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.321
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.922
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.743 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.921
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.327
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000