Project Number Date
test_Tails_ISO_devel 4182 22 Jan 2026, 12:00

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 6:3.393 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
1:3.948
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 56.141
When I eject the boot medium 0.198
Then Tails eventually shuts down 7.609
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.565
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
47.088
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 9.172
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.499
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the root filesystem 9.953
And patterns cover at least 128 MiB in the guest's memory 16.730 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (128 MiB out of 128 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.266
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.601
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.865 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1495 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.783
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
45.790
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 7.733
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.424
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with a vfat filesystem 7.672
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.316
And I read the content of the test FS 0.091
And patterns cover at least 90% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 18.013 
Pattern coverage: 100.000% (127 MiB out of 127 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.258
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.415
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.864 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1501 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.486
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
1:8.999
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.006
Given I have started Tails from DVD without network and logged in 9.326
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.425
And I plug and mount a 128 MiB USB drive with an ext4 filesystem encrypted with password "asdf" 33.063
And I fill the USB drive with a known pattern 1.287
And I read the content of the test FS 0.066
And patterns cover at least 99% of the test FS size in the guest's memory 14.109 
Pattern coverage: 106.115% (97 MiB out of 91 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.230
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.516
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 2.973 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1486 MiB reference memory)
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 3.824
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000
Tags: @product @not_release_blocker
2:17.565
Before features/support/hooks.rb:266 0.000
Before features/support/hooks.rb:273 0.005
Given I have started Tails without network from a USB drive with a persistent partition enabled and logged in 11.428
And I prepare Tails for memory erasure tests 0.406
And I fill a 128 MiB file with a known pattern on the persistent filesystem 9.517
And patterns cover at least 100 MiB in the guest's memory 13.838 
Pattern coverage: 128.000% (128 MiB out of 100 MiB reference memory)
When I eject the boot medium 0.384
And I wait for Tails to finish wiping the memory 7.905
Then I find very few patterns in the guest's memory 4.060 
Pattern coverage: 0.000% (0 MiB out of 1523 MiB reference memory)
And Tails eventually shuts down 1:30.023
After features/support/hooks.rb:331 0.600
After features/support/hooks.rb:100 0.000