Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4161 10 Jan 2026, 11:43

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 4:31.581 Passed
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
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
40.578
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.003
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 36.159
When I eject the boot medium 0.217
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.201
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.322
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
32.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.808
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.400
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.721
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.236 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.235
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.501
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
27.439
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.024
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 6.595
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.315
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.190
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.933
And I read the content of the test FS 0.053
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.627 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.205
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.015
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.502 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.700
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 6.640
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.395
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.176
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.767
And I read the content of the test FS 0.048
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.911 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.185
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 8.846
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.727 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1465 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 4.082
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.423
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 8.058
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.342
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.993
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.162 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.316
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.547
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.640 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:29.361
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.495
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000