Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21651-persist-gnome-software-dconf-state 8 27 Jul 2026, 03:45

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 5:0.232 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
46.032
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 36.436
When I eject the boot medium 0.208
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.388
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.312
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
48.092
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 6.905
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.316
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 32.732
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.238 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.998
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.677 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.424
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 7.178
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.458
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.834
And I read the content of the test FS 0.108
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.360 
Pattern coverage: 100.015% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.256
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.308
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.561 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.338
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 7.194
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.401
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.943
And I read the content of the test FS 0.046
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.951 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.263
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.517
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.670 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.774
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:15.344
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 8.164
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 28.131
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 1.983 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.363
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.301
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1525 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.485
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000