Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 11 24 Aug 2026, 13:09

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 4:26.824 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
42.431
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 33.085
When I eject the boot medium 0.180
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.166
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.370
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.734
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 3.571
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.366
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.454
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.252 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.222
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.978
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.888 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1467 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.859
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.434
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 3.786
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.363
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.659
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.941
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 3.356 
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 9.166
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.799 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1471 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.572
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.569
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 3.658
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.350
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 34.425
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.770
And I read the content of the test FS 0.057
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.599 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.237
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.676
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.794 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1473 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.504
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:55.654
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 5.972
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.339
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.886
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.710 
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 4.632
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.831 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1524 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.946
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.167
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000