Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4156 07 Jan 2026, 11:31

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 4:37.767 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
46.424
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.388
When I eject the boot medium 0.245
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.790
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.424
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.918
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.244
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.549
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.265
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.269 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.309
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.695
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.584 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.699
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
25.965
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.718
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.516
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.991
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.229
And I read the content of the test FS 0.058
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.530 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.330
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 6.039
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.548 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.630
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
52.666
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.089
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.511
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 35.250
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.265
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 2.327 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.380
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.540 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.470
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.793
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.738
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.583
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.542
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.092 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.352
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.737
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.567 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1500 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.176
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.612
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000