Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 4 21 Aug 2026, 22:02

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 4:18.063 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
36.453
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 32.355
When I eject the boot medium 0.174
Then Tails eventually shuts down 3.923
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.376
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
29.246
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 3.396
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.465
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.298
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.052 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.244
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.003
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.784 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.810
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.959
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 3.611
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.336
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.055
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.705
And I read the content of the test FS 0.052
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.228 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.204
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.003
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.762 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1460 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.584
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
46.871
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 3.555
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.357
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 29.498
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.916
And I read the content of the test FS 0.041
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.753 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.247
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.749
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.750 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1458 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.664
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:0.531
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 5.324
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.230
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.918 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.355
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.636
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 1.423 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.328
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.286
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000