Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4172 16 Jan 2026, 11:51

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 4:27.690 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
45.253
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 35.543
When I eject the boot medium 0.194
Then Tails eventually shuts down 9.515
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.594
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.591
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 6.948
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.371
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.321
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.094 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.220
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.074
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.561 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1479 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.538
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
24.198
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 7.775
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.358
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.082
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.515
And I read the content of the test FS 0.050
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 2.544 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.310
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.029
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.532 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1505 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.935
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.704
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 7.055
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.364
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 30.708
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.750
And I read the content of the test FS 0.061
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.822 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.225
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.177
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.538 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1484 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.634
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.941
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 8.411
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.337
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.743
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.328 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.329
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 10.156
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.535 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1527 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.099
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.489
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000