Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_21909-allow-disabling-busy-persistence-features 1 12 Nov 2026, 19:58

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 4:39.515 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
40.010
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 35.806
When I eject the boot medium 0.184
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.020
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.316
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
34.144
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 6.650
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.302
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.953
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.974 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.278
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.773 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1401 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.399
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.494
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 6.461
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.353
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.616
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.849
And I read the content of the test FS 0.080
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.314 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.798
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.824 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1407 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.738
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.514
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 6.616
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.319
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.170
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.213
And I read the content of the test FS 0.055
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.106 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.272
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.974
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.783 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1398 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.805
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:5.352
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 8.374
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.349
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 12.144
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.022 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.323
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.464
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.716 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1452 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.956
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.474
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000