Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 6 23 Aug 2026, 13:35

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 4:34.728 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
47.190
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 38.002
When I eject the boot medium 0.172
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.016
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.571
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.803
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 6.890
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.973
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.784 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.203
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.619
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.940 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.006
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
36.147
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 18.807
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.386
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.206
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.622
And I read the content of the test FS 0.060
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.101 
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 4.847
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.914 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.520
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.001
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
44.568
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.007
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.737
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.404
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.240
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.877
And I read the content of the test FS 0.047
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.607 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.704
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.018
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 7.827
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.390
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.844 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.341
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.568
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.815 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1514 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.892
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.336
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000