Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4177 19 Jan 2026, 15:30

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 4:18.631 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
40.540
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 36.032
When I eject the boot medium 0.182
Then Tails eventually shuts down 4.325
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.356
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
28.719
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 6.639
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.365
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 13.362
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 2.617 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.213
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 5.017
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.504 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1469 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.841
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
22.510
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 7.123
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.347
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 5.010
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 2.340
And I read the content of the test FS 0.044
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.941 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.200
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.994
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.506 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1466 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.536
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
43.847
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 6.733
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.391
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 28.968
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 0.736
And I read the content of the test FS 0.051
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 1.856 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.227
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 4.348
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.534 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1464 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.704
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:3.014
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.002
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 7.646
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.320
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 11.180
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 2.010 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.282
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 9.967
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 0.560 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1506 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:31.045
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.353
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000