Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21472-circumvention-settings-2 5 31 Mar 2026, 02:36

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 5:32.515 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
50.101
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.918
When I eject the boot medium 0.142
Then Tails eventually shuts down 14.040
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.222
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.084
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.611
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.403
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.495
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.041 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.260
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 20.782
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.488 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.557
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.625
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.601
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.392
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.526
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.979 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 27.504
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.596
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:7.563
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.573
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.496
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 35.534
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.915
And I read the content of the test FS 0.054
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.867 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.286
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 21.335
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.500 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.544
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:6.324
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.989
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.532
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.456
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.059 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.525
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 13.262
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.501 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.996
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.602
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000