Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 2 18 Sep 2026, 06:24

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 4:22.677 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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43.698
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 34.452
When I eject the boot medium 0.174
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.072
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.366
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 6.215
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.345
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.924 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.298
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.312
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.955 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1384 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.735
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.120
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 6.327
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.274
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.082
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.681
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 3.238 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.436
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.792 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1415 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.420
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.151
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 6.215
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.816
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.043
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.222 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.500
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.777 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1390 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.389
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.340
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 8.450
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.258
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.159 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.280
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.799
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1434 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.338
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.469
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000