Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_closed-issues-design-doc 4 29 May 2026, 15:18

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 4:39.133 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
40.440
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.147
When I eject the boot medium 0.163
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.129
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.365
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
35.392
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.335
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 20.580
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.202 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.953
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.524 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.659
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
23.452
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.417
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.371
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.446
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.052 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.208
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.015
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.514 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1481 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.586
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.983
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.046
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.345
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.490
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.311
And I read the content of the test FS 0.071
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.114 
Pattern coverage: 106.136% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.280
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.762
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.559 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1490 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 3.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:13.864
Before features/support/hooks.rb:270 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:277 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.615
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.479
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 22.224
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.037 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.315
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.378
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.554 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1515 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.258
After features/support/hooks.rb:335 0.487
After features/support/hooks.rb:104 0.000