Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_update-design-doc 3 19 Sep 2026, 06:34

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 4:17.755 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.
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41.492
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 32.418
When I eject the boot medium 0.130
Then Tails eventually shuts down 8.944
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.271
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
26.836
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 6.255
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.314
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.381
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 3.231 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.164
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.715
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.773 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1423 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.705
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.420
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 6.220
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.207
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.398
And I read the content of the test FS 0.037
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.021 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.245
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.729 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1409 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.646
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
42.847
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 6.256
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.335
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 27.754
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.881
And I read the content of the test FS 0.043
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 3.131 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.224
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 3.477
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.742 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1412 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 3.702
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:4.158
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 7.873
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.304
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.787
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.708 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.288
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.521
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.753 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1395 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.922
After features/support/hooks.rb:339 0.180
After features/support/hooks.rb:108 0.000