Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 4 21 Aug 2026, 16:16

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 4:29.052 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
45.747
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 36.640
When I eject the boot medium 0.159
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.947
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.569
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.906
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 6.690
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.418
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.572
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.045 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.168
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.228
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.781 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1474 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.644
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.701
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 6.835
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.342
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.739
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.780
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.172 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.279
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.716
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.777 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.848
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.002
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.501
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 6.652
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.396
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.159
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.800
And I read the content of the test FS 0.034
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.288 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.195
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.041
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.931 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.592
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.194
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 8.171
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.328
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.134
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.731 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.288
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.277
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.743 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1455 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.189
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000