Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21720-less-error-prone-emergency-release 7 24 Aug 2026, 13:38

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 4:41.946 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
47.618
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 38.297
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.126
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.260
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.995
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 6.475
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.369
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.370
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.317 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.447
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.811 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.593
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 6.522
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.385
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.546
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.427
And I read the content of the test FS 0.101
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.048 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.345
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.448
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.767 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:2.652
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 18.549
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.265
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.799
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.077
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.808 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.246
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.016
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.836 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1463 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.461
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.085
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 8.752
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.326
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.852
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.853 
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 4.794
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.706 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.466
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.272
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000