Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 4 23 Jul 2026, 14:26

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 5:9.010 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
59.244
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 49.269
When I eject the boot medium 0.193
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.781
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.636
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.202
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.844
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.384
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 28.060
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.362 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.294
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.636
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.620 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.444
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.308
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.289
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.569
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.707
And I read the content of the test FS 0.072
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.160 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.266
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.202
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.667 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1475 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.827
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.312
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.689
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.339
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 32.557
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.126
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.025 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.280
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.589
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.653 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.108
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:13.942
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 8.759
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.448
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 25.638
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.009 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.333
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.879
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.657 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1522 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.216
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.437
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000