Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4171 16 Jan 2026, 08:42

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 6:15.325 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
1:7.125
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD and logged in and the network is connected 57.276
When I eject the boot medium 0.219
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.629
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.268
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.638
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 8.304
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.536
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 12.407
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 15.415 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.212
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.798
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.963 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.632
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
50.543
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.002
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.279
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.410
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 6.637
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 3.110
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 16.202 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.253
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 11.423
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 3.168 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1492 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:7.175
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 8.694
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.432
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.381
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.382
And I read the content of the test FS 0.074
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.992 
Pattern coverage: 106.137% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.243
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.061
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.910 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1489 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.519
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:19.842
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.004
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 9.588
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.523
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 10.269
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.913 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.354
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 12.002
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.982 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1493 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.208
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.616
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000