Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 12 24 Aug 2026, 13:34

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 4:22.521 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
38.106
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 33.562
When I eject the boot medium 0.133
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.410
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.241
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
30.675
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 3.855
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.368
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.106
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.592 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.285
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.735
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.732 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1449 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.432
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.498
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 4.070
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.330
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.582
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.935
And I read the content of the test FS 0.070
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.058 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.177
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.328
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.945 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1448 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.530
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
49.596
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 3.630
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.341
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 31.860
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.794
And I read the content of the test FS 0.049
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.931 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.186
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.985
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.816 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1445 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.778
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:57.645
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 6.011
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.379
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.514
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.346 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.372
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.239
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.776 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1457 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.004
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.165
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000