Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_test-snapshot-restore-improvements 5 23 Aug 2026, 13:08

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 4:12.157 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
43.758
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 34.542
When I eject the boot medium 0.151
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.064
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.534
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.488
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.650
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.427
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.971
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.197 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.140
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.854 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1478 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.543
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
21.348
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 3.926
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.308
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.571
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.827
And I read the content of the test FS 0.045
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.124 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.239
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.571
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.733 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1480 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.672
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.740
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 3.695
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.321
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.118
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.773
And I read the content of the test FS 0.065
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.761 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.218
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.975
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.809 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1476 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 4.057
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:58.821
Before features/support/hooks.rb:274 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:281 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 6.830
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.429
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.972
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 3.163 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.339
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.011
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.820 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1468 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.253
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.523
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000